Tag: Lal Bahadur Shastri
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More than an idea
ver the century, there was the bigger goal of 'freedom and independence' for which a spectrum of political parties, groups and individuals were campaigning in the legislatures, writing vociferously in the media, pleading openly to the imperial powers-that-be, and taking to the courts, and streets, unafraid of being in jails. These were journeys where intentions and imagination, ideals and action went hand in hand
March 1, 2023 -
PM Modi pays homage to Mahatama Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries
PM Modi also shared glimpses of Shastri's gallery in the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in Delhi and urged the people to visit the museum.
October 2, 2022 -
Vice President pays tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his death anniversary; recalls his Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan call
The best tribute we can pay to him is by emulating the ideals for which he lived
January 11, 2022 -
PM pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri
The Prime Minister paying his tribute to Shastri on Twitter said his value based life was always driven by principles would continue to inspire the people of the country.
October 2, 2021 -
Vice President Naidu calls upon world community to isolate nations that sponsor terrorism
Expressing his concern over the increasing scourge of terrorism, the Vice President appealed to the United Nations to complete the deliberations and adopt India's long-pending proposal of the 'Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism'.
November 21, 2020 -
PM Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary
PM Modi said that Mahatma Gandhi envisioned an 'Atmanirbhar bharat' where every village is self-reliant.
October 2, 2020 -
After Uri, The Tashkent Files completes 100 days in theatres
The Tashkent Files released on 12 April 2019.
July 19, 2019 -
Surge of Populism
This personality cult bred a style of leadership and administration that is centred on his person. Modi, compared to a weak and tentative Rahul, or a truculent Mamata, or a host of other worthies including Chandrababu Naidu, Akhilesh-Mayavati, rendered electorally worthless, was perceived as a ‘doer‘, untrammelled by niceties of political correctness who can 'gets things done' and take tough decisions.
June 4, 2019 -
We the Voters
The electorate can make a beginning by electing only decent and honest law makers and rejecting tainted aspirants, regardless of their party affiliation. Unless and until we the voters assert ourselves, we will continue to have representatives who are unworthy of our confidence.
May 13, 2019 -
The Tashkent Files director Vivek Agnihotri defends film: ‘Don’t create narrative without watching film’
The film is slated to release on 12 April 2019
April 3, 2019 -
The Tashkent Files film to uncover mystery behind Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death, to release on 15th April
The Tashkent Files is about the death of India's second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent under mysterious circumstances.
March 22, 2019 -
Smriti Irani says ‘arrogant’ Priyanka Gandhi ‘insulted’ Lal Bahadur Shastri
The BJP leader also took a dig at the Congress over a woman's accusation that its workers behaved inappropriately with her.
March 21, 2019 -
How Modi changed the PMO
Prime Minister Modi took oath of office as a harbinger of change in an era of gloom and policy paralysis.
March 14, 2019 -
Trial by fire
Yet hope must spring eternal: and despite “issues” like nationalism, farm distress, dubious handling of a defence purchase, and the potentially explosive Ayodhya controversy, the people of India would be anxious that the 17th Lok Sabha generates light rather than the divisive heat that has charred the past five years.
March 12, 2019 -
Successor who swore by his predecessor
I wish those in power who ritually bow before Shastri’s statues and busts in Varanasi and Allahabad realise how much they have deviated from the ideals and secular path of this noble son of India.
January 11, 2019 -
Democracy needs citizens to step up
‘Patriotism is the last refuge for a scoundrel,’ Dr Samuel Johnson said. In George Bernard Shaw’s words, ‘Politics is the last resort for the scoundrel.’
December 6, 2018 -
Allahabad Affidavit
The exercise of changing names of a historical place should always be carried out judiciously not the least because to change the name of a city is to divest it of its past moorings and associations.
November 10, 2018