The day our country observed its first Republic Day by adopting the Constitution of free India and proclaiming itself as a Republic, our first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru, in a message to the nation on January 26, 1950, underscored the following:
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Whither India?
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Gandhi for Today
28 January 2014On the occasion of the 66th anniversary of Gandhiji’s martyrdom on January 30 this year, we offer our sincere homage to his abiding memory by reproducing from his writings and utterances at the fag end of his life.
Delhi is the metropolis of (...) -
Lead, kindly Light....
28 January 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Every year we dutifully go through the ritual of offering homage to Gandhiji on the day of his martyrdom.
We shall once again be witnessing the ceremony on January 30 to be conducted as per protocol—early morning prayer at (...) -
Netaji on India’s Struggle for Freedom
28 January 2014On January 23 this year falls Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 117th birth anniversary. On this occasion we are carrying the following excerpts from Netaji’s speeches for the benefit of our readers.
The Indian movement can be analysed under two (...) -
Seventyfive Years of Planning in India (1938-2013)
28 January 2014by Debabrata Biswas
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had the vision, with a mission, to establish socialism in India. Hence, even during the days of the freedom struggle he started planning for socialistic reconstruction after winning freedom through (...) -
2014 — Prospects for India in the New Year
28 January 2014, by N V K MurthyIndia has started its sixtyseventh year of freedom from British rule. Much has happened in India and the world over these past sixty-six years. India faces a general election in 2014. It seems to be at the cross-roads of history. Which way will (...) -
Reflections on Republic Day, 2014
28 January 2014, by Syed ShahabuddinI
Bleeding India, Burning India, Battered India, Beleaguered India, Bewildered India, Disintegrating India, Starving India, Dying India
• in which democracy has become the government of the elite, by the elite, for the elite, dividing people (...) -
AAP in Perspective: Birth of the ‘New Alternative’
28 January 2014, by Diptendra RaychaudhuriAs we stepped into 2014, India seemed prepared for a real socio-political leap forward. More significantly, this leap forward is characterised by one single word: Optimism. And this time this optimism is essentially anti-elitist, directed (...) -
Indian Political Scene
28 January 2014, by Kuldip NayarThe Indian political scene, even though fractured and patchy, is acquiring a shape of sorts. The emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), founded by NGOs, sneeringly called the jholawalas, has changed the scene. It has provided the much-needed (...) -
Nuclear Collusion
28 January 2014, by S G VombatkereIndia’s Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated a nuclear power plant (NPP) at Gorakhpur in Haryana on January 13, 2014. This NPP is an invitation to disaster since it relies on canal water for cooling, and canals can, and do, run dry. (...)
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