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The May 23 parliamentary election results have handed a decisive and landslide victory to the NDA coalition (which has won 355 seats). The BJP by itself has secured 300 seats. A highly divisive, communal and jingoistic (...)
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India Painted Saffron: Challenges Ahead
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Hyper-Nationalism Records Victory
26 May 2019COMMENTARY
The BJP/NDA alliance has stormed back to power with flying colours, belying all the expectations of a fragmented Opposition to be within striking distance of power. Undoubtedly, Pulwama and Balakot were effectively exploited by (...) -
Is Modi Really the Divider-in-Chief of India?
26 May 2019by Ram Puniyani
Time is one of the most influential global newsmagazines. It recently came out with an issue with Modi on the cover (May 20, 2019), with the title ‘India’s Divider in Chief’ raising the question ‘Can the world’s largest democracy (...) -
Mayawati Demolishes Modi’s Aura
26 May 2019, by M K BhadrakumarThe tumultuous two-month long campaign for the general election is drawing to a close. The scathing remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political persona by the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Mayawati, has taken the election (...) -
Investigating Narendra Modi’s Eligibility
26 May 2019by Prem Singh
Narendra Modi has been a recipient of consistent acceptance and support from various corners/ sources which favour his eligibility as the Prime Minister. Although after five years of his tenure as the Prime Minister, a lot of (...) -
Mayawati - Narendra Modi Face-off
26 May 2019, by A K Biswas“Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbour’s roof, when your own doorstep is unclean.” —Confucius
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted atKushinagar, Deoria in UPa furious attack on BSP supremo and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati for (...) -
Nehru for Today - selected speeches, interview & writings
26 May 2019May 27 this year marks Jawaharlal Nehru’s fiftyfifth death anniversary. On this occasion we are reproducing the following excerpts from the speeches and writings of Nehru that are of exceptional relevance today
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Remembering Jawaharlal Today
26 May 2019by C.N. Chitta Ranjan
The following article, by the first editor of Mainstream, appeared six years after Jawaharlal Nehru’s death in this journal’s May 23, 1970 issue. Born on September 29, 1921 in Ooty, C.N.C., as he was known to his friends (...) -
Secularism: A Heritage to Defend
26 May 2019by D.R. Goyal
You do not have to be an idol-worshipper to remember Nehru today. Every day something happens that compels your mind to recall a man exerting every nerve to pull his countrymen out of the morass of superstition, to debunk the (...) -
India without Nehru
26 May 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The following piece, which appeared under the ‘New Delhi Skyline’ in Mainstream, was written two days after Jawaharlal Nehru’s demise on May 27, 1964. It was published on May 30, 1964.
As the golden flame licked up the (...)
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