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Opinion

The relevance of remembering the Emergency

Whether India is living through such a period now, as some critics argue, is a rhetorical point

4 min read28 Jun 2018
Opinion

The legacy of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency

It would be a mistake to think that the Emergency is an artefact of the past. The structural changes it wrought in the democratic structure are still apparent

4 min read27 Jun 2018
Mint-lounge

Life in an illegal colony

A new book on the idea of citizenship and inequality in contemporary Delhi throws a spotlight on the world of 'unauthorized colonies'. We visit one of them

8 min read26 Nov 2016
Mint-lounge

Doing good in a material world

With the hold of religion gone, faith in god shaken and moral values discarded, are there any incentives to goodness left?

5 min read10 Jul 2016
Opinion

Back to the future

Bihar will need to attract sufficient modern industry and services in order to provide urban jobs for the vast rural population

4 min read15 Nov 2015
Politics

Emergency gave democratic credentials to RSS, Modi: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh termed imposition of the Emergency as a 'wrong' move by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

1 min read20 Oct 2015
Opinion

Dinkar in the time of the Dadri lynching

Narendra Modi needs to amplify the cultural vision that the poet gave us

3 min read11 Oct 2015
Politics

Narendra Modi says remember ‘emergency’ to fortify democratic framework

On the 113th birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, Prime Minister terms Emergency in 1975 as the biggest blow to democracy

1 min read11 Oct 2015
Politics

Emergency was India’s darkest period: Narendra Modi

40 years later, we want to preserve the dreams under which all citizens prosper under a democratic system, said Modi

1 min read26 Jun 2015
Politics

Govt plans memorial at Jayaprakash Narayan’s birthplace in Bihar

Move comes on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency and barely months ahead of Bihar polls this year

2 min read25 Jun 2015
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