Page 6 - Latest Updates on Indira Gandhi
Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka
The film critical of Indira Gandhi's regime was banned during the Emergency, but what's the purpose of continued censorship now?
 "Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka")
Frames per Second: In custody, then and now
Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times
 "Frames per Second: In custody, then and now")
The foreign hand, again
Conspiratorial thinking leads to tyranny. It means you imagine connections between disparate groups of dissenters, and thereby elevate in your mind their danger to the state
Longest speech to fine print: Here're India-specific snippets on Budget
The record for the longest Budget speech - 160 minutes -is held by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
 "Longest speech to fine print: Here're India-specific snippets on Budget")
'Iron lady': Congress pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary
The Congress paid rich tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary with Rahul Gandhi saying the whole country still gives the example of her impressive leadership
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Rich tributes paid to former PM Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary
The nation on Saturday paid homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary, recalling her contribution
Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka pay tributes to Indira Gandhi on death anniversary
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary
Modi-Shah's Ashwamedha Yagna with NDA almost complete
Modi and Shah's BJP doesn't need the NDA anymore. Advani's experiment is over, used and discarded
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GST, farm Bills and 4 other events that widened Centre-state trust deficit
The roots of the trust deficit lie in the unwillingness of the political authorities to invest in cooperative federalism since their priority is to secure and wield power at the central level
The many faces of populism
Book review of I Am the People
 "The many faces of populism")
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 presented to broadcaster David Attenborough
Noted broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough has been presented the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust
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Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India
Jalil shares her thoughts on interfaith sensitivity versus appeasement politics, the onus of secularism, a gender-just nikahnama and more
 "Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India")
Pranab as FM: Remembering how he managed controversies, even created some
The gap between Mukherjee's two tenures as FM is testimony as much to his longevity and utility as a politician as to his ability to survive under different Congress regimes
 "Pranab as FM: Remembering how he managed controversies, even created some")
The troubleshooter
Pranab Mukherjee's career spanned three phases of Indian politics
 "The troubleshooter")
Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84
Mukherjee had served as the President of India from 2012 to 2017, and held several important portfolios previously in various Congress-led governments from the 1970s to 2012
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Make a break, Mr Modi; the time has come to reverse the Avadi resolution
Avadi resolution made the state the leading player in economic activity. Mr Modi's riposte has to be in the opposite direction; it must say the state will step aside as it can no longer deliver
Govt sets up team to coordinate probe against three Gandhi family trusts
A special director in the Enforcement Directorate will head the team
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Congress's confusion
The party remains one of Mr Modi's most valuable political assets
 "Congress's confusion")
China's India strategy
This piece, carried in Business Standard 14 years ago on May 9, 2006, made certain forecasts which have proved correct. We are republishing the article
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Modiji, change the mood
Unlike Mrs Gandhi, Mr Modi doesn't have to worry about his party, not yet. But he does have to worry a little bit about a war with China