How Shastri Buried Pakistan's Kashmir Dream

The high point of the 19 Shastri months was the 22-day war that he fought against great odds and won in principle, even if military historians often call it a stalemate. Pakistan saw a great......

The Nehruvian Who Fell Out With Sonia Gandhi

Because of his proximity to Indira Gandhi, he was able to intervene directly at the level of the PMO, which he did in the days leading up to the partition of Pakistan in 1971 when he transferred......

Many felt Nehruvian secularism was not fair, it led to backlash: Jaishankar

Secularism for India does not mean being non-religious but an equal respect to all faiths, but the ”appeasement” government policies of the past made the biggest religion of the country......

Nehruvian legacy being 'undermined' by those in power: Sonia

IMAGE: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during the relaunch event of the latter's book Nehru: The Invention of India, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.......

Indian economy is like a man with aggravated hydrocele

'The Indian economy has become like a car that has the appropriate wheels on one side -- political liberalism -- and scooter wheels -- economic illiberalism -- on the other,' points out T C A......

'After saade saath saal, Modi govt has come of age!'

'It has taken 7-and-a-half years for this government to understand the fundamentals of economics.''If the prime minister wants to leave an imprint, he has to see to it that this succeeds.' IMAGE:......

'Economy will run on its own despite collapses, failures'

'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.''We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.''Then you are paying interest on the fresh......

We must have just 2 rates of income tax

10 per cent for those who earn up to Rs 30 lakh a year and 25 per cent for those who earn more, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Business Standard's Budget......

Why Naseeruddin Shah is WRONG about Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. IMAGE: Dilip Kumar and......

10 Reasons Why You Must Watch Guide

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

Shyam Benegal: The Girish Karnad I Knew

'He had a continuing interest in life, people, and the society in which he lived,' remembers Shyam Benegal, who collaborated with the polyglot playwright and actor through the 1970s and remained......