An intellectual landmark has disappeared with the death of Pyarelal. He was not recognised as an intellectual by western-educated Indians. For he did not spout ill-digested western concepts; he did not scoff at others; he was not cynical; and, above all, he was modest. But he was an outstanding Indian … Read More
Indian journalists have made their point effectively. It is now reasonably certain that a way will be found to return the Bihar Press Bill to the state government with a request that it be ‘suitably’ amended. The authorities concede that the Bill suffers from vagueness in that it does not … Read More
From Mr. NKP Salve’s numerous statements on the Bihar press bill, it is reasonably clear that the Union government recognizes the legitimacy of at least part of the criticism of the legislation by journalists and others. But it appears that he is having some difficulty in recommending to the Prime … Read More
President Zia-ul-Haq’s decision to make a brief stopover in Delhi on his way to Malaysia on November 1 is, as the spokesman of the external affairs ministry has aptly put it, a sign of a “high degree of normalcy” in Indo-Pakistan relations. The atmospherics, to use a popular American expression … Read More
The Congress (I) leadership has accepted the only sensible course open to it in Maharashtra. It has, on the one hand, resisted the pressure for the removal of the present chief minister, Mr. Babasaheb Bhosale, and, on the other, obliged him to include most of the leading dissidents in his … Read More
The Times, London, has reported that the Soviet Union has resumed supplying arms to Iraq. It has not provided any details. It does not, for example, say when the supply was resumed and why. Indeed, the development has been reported in a story on the Iran-Iraq war. All in all, … Read More
An article entitled “India And The Superpowers” in this space on September 22 when Mrs Gandhi was in Moscow, said: “They (CPI leaders) must know that non-alignment is not another name for pro-Sovietism and anti-Americanism and that the gap between a non-aligned policy find a pro-Soviet one cannot be bridged … Read More
It speaks for the cordial relations between Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Dr. Farooq Abdullah that they have managed to avoid a possible confrontation on the Jammu and Kashmir resettlement bill without either side having to compromise its position. The Prime Minister has decided to refer the bill to the Supreme … Read More
It has been a commonplace for as long as anyone can remember that we in India deify our great men and then quietly ignore their teachings. This view has been endlessly repeated in respect of Gandhiji. There is some merit in it. Many of those who wax eloquent in praise … Read More
