Another protest, a similar script
A successful film will always have a sequel, with directors hoping that the public responds in a similar manner as with the original.
A successful film will always have a sequel, with directors hoping that the public responds in a similar manner as with the original.
Ten years before he died, in 2014, as Singh demitted office as Prime Minister after a crushing electoral defeat, he remarked with a touch of bitterness, "History will judge me (more) kindly". Indeed, it will.
On the first death anniversary of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leaders, including party President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid heartfelt tributes to the economist-statesman remembered as the gentle yet decisive architect of modern India’s economic framework.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, features Manna — accused of recruiting youth for the Islamic State — enjoying facilities prohibited for prisoners booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
To prepare for 'The Accidental Prime Minister' (2019), where he played Dr. Singh, Kher dedicated almost half a year to mastering every small detail. “I rehearsed for five to six months,” he recalled.
His reaction came after former Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said after the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, Singh had asked him whether he thought he should resign as prime minister.
Ahluwalia, who served as one of India's senior economic policymakers for three decades, calls his book, published by Rupa, a travelogue of India's journey of economic reforms 'in which I had the privilege of being an insider for 30 long years'.
Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi was also scheduled to hold a rally in Shastri Park, but it is likely to postpone as she is currently undergoing treatment at Delhi's Gangaram hospital due to ill health.
In his address at the launch of former Union minister Ashwini Kumar’s book ‘Human Dignity - A purpose in perpetuity’ in New Delhi.
Singh was speaking at a function on Wednesday to mark the 100th birth anniversary of IK Gujral, who was the 12th Prime Minister of India between April 1997 and March 1998.
