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POLITICS
| 5-minute read
When India brought Pakistan to its knees: How the 1971 war was fought and won
As TV studios drum up hysteria today, a look-back at how a decisive victory was executed in saner times by a PM who exemplified calm under fire.
Priyanka Gandhi arrives: The Gandhi daughter's entry shows 2019 polls are a direct battle between Sonia and Modi
People compare Priyanka with Indira Gandhi for her looks. But it is in fact Sonia Gandhi who learnt much more from Indira on how to plot a comeback. Can she pull this off?
VARIETY
| 10-minute read
Congress' Sanjeevani Booti: Priyanka Gandhi is the life-giving magical herb her party needs
Priyanka has shown enormous guts in tough times. Her decision to formally join the Congress when it is going through one of its hardest moments is a testament to her grit, and her ability to change Indian politics.
POLITICS
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MISA, Emergency, forced sterilisations: Why is Priyanka Gandhi resembling Indira Gandhi a good thing?
For many, the memory of Indira Gandhi is associated with a chaotic, violent, horror-filled time. Not something that would make them want to vote for her granddaughter.
POLITICS
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Indira Gandhi vs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: Decoding the charisma of nostalgia
Why is Priyanka Gandhi 'packaged' to look like Indira Gandhi? Well, why not?
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Where did the national media vanish during the 1984 pogrom against the Sikhs?
Newspapers and TV looked the other way as Sikhs were attacked. They have mostly used 1984 as a masala story occasionally thereafter.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Why I think Congress is the A-team of BJP: The grand old party has in fact legitimised Hindu nationalism in India's politics
Nehruvian secularism started decaying under his daughter Indira Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi damaged it some more. And Rahul Gandhi has now done the same.
VARIETY
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1984 and the November Sikh riots in pictures - Why this remains an unhealed wound
Thousands were killed as the administration watched. Eleven inquiry panels and 34 years later, the wait for justice continues.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Why Rahul Gandhi cannot peg the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Hindus, RSS or the BJP
The Congress couldn't pin the killings of thousands of innocents on anyone back then and it surely cannot blame anyone else in 2018.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
