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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948.This picture,by Henri Cartier Bresson, depicts Jawaharlal Nehru announcing the Mahatma’s death to the people. The first lines of Nehru’s speech, “The Light Has Gone Out of Our Lives …” can be heard here: … [Read more...]
Mathew Idiculla, a young friend with an avid interest in law and public policy, just launched his blog with a post where he draws our attention to the significance of Jan 26. Here are excerpts from his post: It is in a funny way we treat important dates. August 15 is a day of celebration. It gave us independence … What does January 26 mean to us. Few people see beyond the unabashed display of arms and the President’s speech because we do not go into what it really stood for. The need to … [Read more...]
On 28th of December 2009 the Indian National Congress began a year of celebrations to mark its 125th anniversary. The party started commemorating the occasion from the 28th of December at the local level in order to make people remember all the struggles of the party in the last 125 years . Here's a timeline of the Congress party from 1885 to 2009 . Compiled by Ruhi Tewari & Santosh K Joy Photographs by Bloomberg, AFP, Hindustan Times … [Read more...]
-By Sanjay Jha Arnab Goswami has started a new trend in broadcast journalism; a reality TV show of a fish market, a slugfest given to the highest decibels. If you saw his TV program on rising food prices on Times Now on January 14th 2010 featuring Brinda Karat , Ravi Shankar Prasad and Manish Tiwari , you would know what I mean. It was an astronomical flop-show. Ms Karat , as is the problem with several leftist spokespeople when speaking on aam aadmi issues , seemed unstoppable and after … [Read more...]
- By Sanjay Jha It started with a standard innocuous private decision of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to stay in a five-star hotel pending the refurbishment of his allotted government bungalow. Suddenly all hell broke loose as if a dreaded terrorist had just sneaked into Central Hall of the Indian Parliament for a quick cappuccino. Besides being publicly chastised for his errant ways the man who almost became the Secretary General of the United Nations was thereafter followed with relentless … [Read more...]
- By Sanjay Jha Hi, but was on a much needed vacation hence the long hiatus. New Year’s began with characteristic color; Vidhu Vinod Chopra , producer of 3 Idiots slamming the media by telling them to stuff it when the latter questioned him on the controversial issue of credits for author Chetan Bhagat. As bedlam broke out, Aamir Khan restrained the irascible Chopra from giving a further demo of his inflammatory temper, while Raju Hirani put on the veneer of Gandhigiri to restore order. … [Read more...]
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