Tagged: Indira Gandhi

Remembering Emergency

Those were the days… Courtesy: CenterofRight, India Parliament Amends the Laws Broken by Gandhi: Related: If its not on Google…Was the Emergency for real? and Doosra* Sanjay Gandhi?

If its not on Google…Was the Emergency for real?

Thanks to Vikram for alerting me to this. Below, a shocking excerpt from a recent piece by Kuldip Nayar, “The shame of misrule” (emphasis added): …Typical of Congress’ furtive ways to cover up its...

Empowered Women, Priyanka Gandhi and the new Indira

The day of coronation appears to be coming closer…The machinery seems to be working full-time to establish the dynasty in the “hearts and minds” of the people of India. First you had the “celebrations”...

Quote of the week – On Apologies & such

PM Manmohan Singh quoted in The Pioneer*: The riots (of 1984) were painful, but cannot be kept alive for ever…   Some questions that come to mind: How long does it take to forget...

Weekend Links: Elections, IPL, Wall Street & Terrorists

Read RealityCheck on why this election is going to be largely an enumeration of the strength and a concentration of narrow interests. Next, hear Sh Narendra Modi on IPL’s decision to move outside India.  Read Rohit’s thoughts on India’s...