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Category: Opinion

  • पुस्तक अंश: नेहरू के लिए “भारतमाता की जय” के मायने

    पुस्तक अंश: नेहरू के लिए “भारतमाता की जय” के मायने

    पीयूष बबेले की किताब “नेहरू: मिथक और सत्य” का पहला संस्करण दिसम्बर 2018 में प्रकाशित हुआ था। आमजन की सरल भाषा में लिखी गई यह किताब बेहद अच्छी है। किताब में लगभग सात खण्ड और 45 अध्याय हैं। हमारे पाठकों के लिए यह महत्वपूर्ण उद्धरण इसी किताब से पेश किया जा रहा है।  जब हम…

  • Nehru, Tiranga and the Torn Pyjama

    Nehru, Tiranga and the Torn Pyjama

    Mohammad Aftab Alam While idling away his time after the economics classes in the hostel room in Bihar University at Muzaffarpur, Bhola came to know about the visit of Nehru to address one election rally in 1957 general elections.  This news filled Bhola with excitement to witness Nehru  and hear his mesmerizing speech in live…

  • What India Would Have Been Without Nehru

    What India Would Have Been Without Nehru

    By Manoj Joshi Trying to erase Nehru’s imprint on the country is a tall order because he is part of modern India’s DNA. Throw Nehru out of the equation and you end up undermining India. Writing in the Sunday Times of India, Amulya Gopalakrishnan recently brought out the huge Nehru vilification industry that exists across…

  • A meeting with farmers that changed Nehru

    A meeting with farmers that changed Nehru

    By Naved Ashrafi More than two years back exactly from these days when farmers have now inched their way towards the national capital of India vociferously protesting against new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan in 2018, said that a Congress leader used to wear a…

  • Why Embracing Gandhi without Nehru is not Feasible

    Why Embracing Gandhi without Nehru is not Feasible

    By Naved Ashrafi On January 13, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi undertook his last fast that was six-day long. It was the last attempt of its kind by Gandhi against Hindu-Muslim riots in Delhi. In a bid to restore communal harmony in Delhi, Gandhi, through his fast, demanded that the lives of Muslims in the city must…