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For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Most populous in world: An asset or a burden...

Such numerical achievements do not add up to material well-being or mental happiness. They have no impact on the quality...

22 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh state President Mohan Markam and other party leaders during the 85th plenary session, in Raipur, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | What Congress must do if it is to lead Opp. front

It is not so much the unity of parties as the unity of various forces in society that will eventually matter

2 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Leader of the Indian freedom movement and veteran Socialist Lok Naik Jayaprakash Narain, who had retired from active politics, came back to the centre-stage, united the opposition and led the campaign against Emergency. His call for total revolution excited the campuses and the youth. The Congress led by Indira Gandhi gave in to the combined opposition assault. The Congress got only 153 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 1977 against 294 of the Janata Party.

When janta embraced the Janata experiment

What was important for us then was the ignominious demise of the hated Emergency and the dawn of a new era.

25 March 2017 1:53 AM IST