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Why Indira Gandhi had shut JNU for 46 days

Violence swept the university on January 5, as several masked individuals, both male and female, thrashed students, including girls, and teachers inside the varsity campus

2 min read12 Jan 2020
Opinion

Opinion | Shastri: The Prime Minister  that India almost forgot

Sandwiched between the tumultuous tenures of Nehru and Indira, Shastri’s stint has not got the focus it deserved

3 min read6 Oct 2019
News

Ram Jethmalani, eminent lawyer and former parliamentarian, dies

Born on 14 September 1923, Jethmalani completed his law degree in Karachi, before arriving in India in 1962, where he would put his legal acumen and maverick skills to great useJethmalani’s career was marked by high-profile cases and confrontations with some of the most powerful people in the country

2 min read9 Sep 2019
News

Lessons for freedom from the Emergency

Ambedkar warned about how democracy is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic

9 min read15 Aug 2019
News

Opinion | Don’t just sit on the fence if you know being a businesswoman is your true calling

There’s a persistent, palpable undercurrent to the notion that success in business is harder for women than menIs there really an issue or are we first creating an issue and then trying to address it?

3 min read7 Mar 2019
Lounge

Opinion | Don’t just sit on the fence if you know being a businesswoman is your true calling

There’s a persistent, palpable undercurrent to the notion that success in business is harder for women than menIs there really an issue or are we first creating an issue and then trying to address it?

3 min read7 Mar 2019
News

How a PM and Opposition took India along during 1971 Bangladesh war

Jan Sangh won't hesitate to accord its fullest cooperation to Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had saidPM Indira Gandhi received a standing ovation in Lok Sabha following Pakistan's surrender in December 1971

3 min read4 Mar 2019
Lounge

Opinion: The princes in a socialist republic

The case of these surviving princes in our socialist republic is, in some ways, reflective of the countless ironies that make up Indian democracy India remains, in many ways, a marriage of awkward histories and feudal legacies with the idealism of liberal thought and constitutional values

5 min read8 Feb 2019
Lounge

Opinion: The princes in a socialist republic

The case of these surviving princes in our socialist republic is, in some ways, reflective of the countless ironies that make up Indian democracy India remains, in many ways, a marriage of awkward histories and feudal legacies with the idealism of liberal thought and constitutional values

5 min read8 Feb 2019
Mint-lounge

The Prime Minister's Men: Indira Gandhi's inner circle

Even as 'The Accidental Prime Minister' hits theatres this weekend, here's why Janardan Thakur's 'All The Prime Minister's Men' about Indira Gandhi and her foot soldiers is still a compelling read

3 min read12 Jan 2019