The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership’s reaction to Mr. Nanaji Deshmukh’s appeal for support to Mr. Rajiv Gandhi is understandable. Coming as it does from a man with life-long connection with the RSS without the support of which the BJP will find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to fare well … Read More
As Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi has lived up to his mother’s commitment. She had assured the Indian people that the election to the Lok Sabha would be held on time. He has now scheduled it for December 24 and 27, that is, well over three weeks before the life … Read More
Never ever before has November 14 come upon us amidst such tragedy. Even if we go through some routine functions, our hearts and minds will be elsewhere – fluctuating between the bullet-ridden body of Indira Gandhi we have just cremated and the calm, collected Rajiv Gandhi we have installed in … Read More
It is clearly impossible for us to vouch for the accuracy or otherwise of President Reagan’s reported letter to President Zia-ul-Haq. On the face of it, it is difficult to believe that a communication of such far reaching importance – it offers a nuclear umbrella to Pakistan and a continuation … Read More
The outcome was not in doubt at any stage. Reagan’s re-election was assured from the very start. Not only was he the incumbent of that great office, his record had been pretty impressive in the eyes of a vast majority of the American people. The economy had done well in … Read More
We are in no position to assess the accuracy to whatever degree or otherwise of what is being said quite openly by both the victims of the communal holocaust in the capital and elsewhere, and many others. Prejudices and partisan considerations easily come into play in such situations. As a … Read More
Yeats spoke of things falling apart because the centre could not hold. In our case things have been threatening to fall apart but have not because the centre held. That centre for almost two decades has been Indira Gandhi. In a strange way, this was true even during the Janata … Read More
India is ablaze with hate and anger. The situation is too grim to admit of evasion and euphemism. It would be dishonest to say that the hatred is directed only or even mainly against the Akalis, the secessionists and the extremists. The exercise would also be futile. In city after … Read More
Once again the light has been snuffed out. Once again, the country has been plunged into darkness. The blow is even heavier and crueler this time than on January 30, 1948. Then there were other stalwarts, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, who could steer the nation to safety. Now there … Read More
