Nehru

NEW DELHI: The 16th-century Jama Masjid in Sambhal has become the centre of a contentious legal and ideological battle, reminiscent of Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid case. This dispute, alleging the mosque was built over a Hindu temple, forms a key focus in journalist Aarti Tikoo’s forthcoming book, ‘Nehru’s India, Modi’s Bharat’, set to release under the […]

No astute statesman with a futuristic vision would have agreed to a ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir in 1948 in circumstances in which India did. It was a political and not a military decision. The aggressor got recognition as a party to the dispute plus the legitimacy of a foothold in the strategically crucial area […]

NEW DELHI:As the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi reach their climax, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made a significant move, engaging with the common populace by riding the Delhi Metro on Thursday. Accompanied by Congress candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, Gandhi interacted with commuters and posed for pictures, en route to a rally in Mangolpuri. Accompanied by Congress […]

While raking up the past, let us also remember that India took to the UNSC a straight-forward request that, in order to avert war, the UN should make Pakistan withdraw all its personnel from the state, which was now a part of India. Under the British delegation's influence, the UN turned that simple request into an issue for the Security Council to arbitrate between Pakistan and India.