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A Jallianwala Bagh-like Situation
27 May 2017, by Kuldip NayarHashimpura is as deep a tragedy as the anti-Sikh riots in 1984. Both minorities have not allowed the wounds to heal because they go on reminding them of the killings at that time. The perpetrators, the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) from (...) -
Tagore and the October Revolution
27 May 2017by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
The 156th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was observed this month on May 9. This year will also mark the centenary of the Great October Revolution. The following article is being pubished against the backdrop of (...) -
Hindu Rashtra: Is it Good for Hindus?
27 May 2017by Ram Puniyani
Hindu Rashtra is the goal of Hindu nationalist politics, which is also called Hindutva. In contrast to Hinduism, Hindutva is politics in the name of Hinduism with Brahmanism as the core of the same. In a nutshell, Hindutva is (...) -
Excerpts from Nehru’s writings and interviews
27 May 2017May 27 this year marks the fiftythird death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. On this occasion we are reproducing the following excerpts from Nehru’s writings and interviews that are of exceptional relevance even today.
Words that Endure
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The If-ing of Nehru
27 May 2017by M. Chalapathi Rau
The following article appeared in Mainstream on November 10, 1962, to mark Jawaharlal Nehru’s 73rd birth anniversary on November 14 that year. This took place during the Chinese aggression in India which began on October 20, (...) -
Nehru and Minorities
27 May 2017by S. Gopal
The following contribution from Nehru’s biographer, Dr S. Gopal, was published in Mainstream (November 12, 1988). It was based on the Ansari Memorial Lecture which he delivered at the Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi on February 22, 1988. (...) -
Secular Outlook
27 May 2017by Rafiq Zakaria
The following is a tribute to Nehru offered by the author as a member of the Nationl Committee set up for Nehru’s birth centenary. This contribution was included in a book published on November 14, 1989 following yearlong (...) -
Secularism and the State: Categorising the Nehru Model
27 May 2017, by Anil NauriyaI. The “Nehru Models”: The Historical Nehru Model and the Posthumous Nehru Model
In most circles where opinion-making on behalf of minorities takes place, one of the reasons for appreciation of Jawaharlal Nehru’s approach towards the minorities (...) -
Jawaharlal Nehru and the Strength of our Secular Democracy
27 May 2017by Sukumaran C. V.
“Nehru Dead! Nehru Dead!! Nehru Dead!!!” The teleprinter message was hammering away in my brain. At 2 pm on Wednesday, May 27, 1964, each one of us, four hundred and fifty million Indians, died, as the great-hearted Jawaharlal (...) -
Remembering the Inheritance of the Congress Socialist Party
27 May 2017by Prem Singh
At the time of the establishment of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) on May 17, 1934, in Patna, under the chairmanship of the patriarch of the Indian socialist movement, Acharya Narendra Deva, two goals were clear: to achieve the (...)
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