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A new book on Scindias claims ‘inexperience’ in diplomacy and administration and ‘sympathy’ for the British prompted Jayajirao Scindia to side with the British during the turbulent times of 1857. The house of Scindias’ legacy dates back 300 years, having negotiated many rough passages of history including the great revolt of 1857 when the British […]
Uttar Pradesh is proving to be the central piece in the current round of five state assembly polls but the principal opposition party, the Congress, is nowhere in contention in the country’s most populous and politically significant state. It can be argued that the ill fortunes of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh precede the emergence […]
Politicians and elected representatives in India are generally adored and revered but there are exceptions. Instances of political leaders being at the receiving end of angry electorate, are fresh in public memory. Some of them have faced physical attacks and intimidation ranging from receiving a stone blow, shoe, ink, flashing of sword, rifle butt attack, […]
On the morning of October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi had kissed her grandchildren Priyanka and Rahul goodbye before they left for school. Priyanka, who was 12 then, would later recall that her grandmother held her longer than usual. Indira had then moved to Rahul, then barely 14 but considered mature enough to have been taken […]
The impressive show of strength from among the opposition ranks at Kapil Sibal’s residence yesterday has many significant political imports. The development is all set to intensify the power struggle within the grand old party. First and foremost, Gandhis are not most sought after by the non-BJP-NDA opposition. Sibal may have been within his rights […]
The somewhat iconic picture of Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee calling on Sonia Gandhi and stepping out of 10, Janpath has renewed hopes of a Mahajot or Mahagathbandan against Narendra Modi led NDA for 2024. Would it be on the lines of 2004 UPA when Sonia had played a pivotal role in cementing a rainbow […]
Days before her assassination, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had apparently communicated to then President Giani Zail Singh to have Rajiv Gandhi sworn-in “if anything happened” to her. In his riveting, soon to be published autobiography, A Rude Life — The Memoirs (Penguin Viking), author-columnist Vir Sanghvi has written that Zail Singh told him that Indira […]
The Congress has a history of Nehru-Gandhis working in pairs and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are too close for friction over the party, says Rasheed Kidwai Of late, there have been speculations of how Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi think differently and want to pursue different, and often contradictory strategies in dealing […]
