When Indira was born on November 19, 1917, the Scottish doctor who was attending to Kamla Nehru announced to Jawaharlal…
Legend has it that the exit of Nizam ul Mulk from Emperor Mohammad Shah’s court had hastened the disintegration of…
The politically dramatic entry of N. Chandrababu Naidu as chief minister in 1995 proved to be equally dramatic for the…
Priyanka Gandhi is confident of her victory from Wayanad. In the past, she has often leaned on Lord Krishna who…
As a visitor to the Rashtrapati Bhavan one day, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam happened to glance through the window while chatting…
Ashok Tanwar’s “home coming” must be a sweet music for both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi who have had special and…
Veteran Narain Dutt Tiwari had a dictum, “Suno Sabki karo apni” [ listen to every shade of opinion and do…
In film Sholey, actor Jagdeep [ originally Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri] had played the role of ‘Soorma Bhopali’ to perfection.…
After all, mob lynching is no ordinary crime. In April, 2024, The Hindu had reported that the Supreme Court heard…
The man who had hijacked an Indian airlines Lucknow-Delhi-Kolkata flight to protest against Morarji Desai government’s “vindictiveness” against Indira Gandhi…
Rajiv Gandhi’s birth had drawn Jawaharlal Nehru’s attention towards the need for a “competent” pandit to draw his grandson’s horoscope.…
The emergence of BJP as a potent political force, particularly after 2014, has not weakened secularism as a political ideal.…