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Jawaharlal Nehru with Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. (AA file photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Nehru vs Patel: On how to conciliate, and not divide

Modi has invested hugely in creating the illusion that the Congress Party's preferred leader was the Sardar and that...

2 Nov 2021 12:00 AM IST

Gandhi might have thought it was the universe whose position needed slight adjustment. (Image by arrangement)

Book Review | If only our netas read Gandhi, instead of making him a...

With Covid fatalities soaring, we can hardly dispute the Mahatma's opinion

23 May 2021 11:24 AM IST

Few can question that the amount of hatred that is spewed on prime-time TV under the garb of debate , is uncivilised, undemocratic and an incitement to violence. (Photo | Flickr - John S. Quarterman)

Pavan K. Varma | In war on hate speech, err on side of freedom

Hate speech, based on suspicion, violence and hostility between religious communities, is directly antithetical to...

2 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Choose and declare one idol, Shiv Sena, because you cant have both. (DC Image)

AA Edit | Gandhi or Savarkar? Choose, Sena

The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena must choose either the Gandhian values, or Savarkar's worldview and...

23 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Is it that we no longer care about tyranny and due process and individual rights? Or has it now become fine just because its not the foreigners who are doing it? (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Raj lessons for today's India: Why do we see fewer...

The question is -- why should one protest in a democracy? There are many reasons

8 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Pakistan is looking ahead to a general election next year. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Pak's journey in 7 decades: Military juntas to democracy

Though once again the Army is in the news, it appears that Pakistan is now out of the cycles of periodic military rule

1 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same ideals

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same...

There is a belief that Sardar Patel would have sorted out Pakistan and we would never have had the Kashmir problem

6 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

AA EDIT | Portrait of a national leader as a politician

Between Gandhi and Ambedkar, India had its greatest national leaders who also served as icons to inspire the next...

10 May 2022 1:15 AM IST

Britains Home Secretary Priti Patel. (Photo:AP file)

Kishwar Desai | Big hats are all the rage after Jubilee; Charles in...

Home secretary Priti Patel has shocked everyone by executing a bold scheme to transport all illegal immigrants to Rwanda

19 Jun 2022 11:13 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Whither Dharma in an ethical wasteland?

Are Indians moral by choice, or do they do the correct thing only under compulsion or fear?

4 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

I Am an Ordinary Man : Indias Struggle for Freedom (19141948). (Image: DC)

Book Excerpt: In his own words: How Gandhi stayed true to his ahimsa...

IF FOUR SCORE IS IMPERTINENCE, FIVE SCORE WILL BE INTOLERABLE

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the Parliament House complex. (PTI Image)

Shobhaa De | Does India still need the magic of the Mahatma?

Forgotten by most, poor Gandhiji is off the radar, especially for the young and restless.

7 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST