Tag: Gandhi

Gone with the wind

A tale of two leaders Doing well in school is no guarantee that you will do well in life; but to do well in life,...

India’s new anti-graft party targets Gandhi clan

A new anti-corruption party accused the son-in-law of India’s most powerful politician, Sonia Gandhi, of large-scale graft Friday at a news conference targeting the...

Sonia Gandhi slams opposition MPs over deadlock

Sonia Gandhi, the president of India’s ruling Congress party, on Tuesday upped the stakes in a six-day parliamentary stand-off that has paralysed government plans...

Rahul Gandhi says he wants ‘proactive role’ in Indian politics

The scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has been widely tipped as a future prime minister and is initially expected to take over as defence...

India buys Gandhi archive to halt auction

India has paid $1.1 million to buy a collection of letters, papers and photographs relating to Mahatma Gandhi, preventing their sale at a planned...

Indian govt, Gandhi suffer election blow

India’s ruling Congress party and its famed Gandhi political dynasty suffered a stinging election blow on Tuesday in crucial state polls. Figures showed Congress, which...

Kashmir part of Pakistan on Rahul Gandhi’s website

Screenshots of a website, registered in the name of Congress General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi, with a map showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of...

The Pakhtun unarmed

Remembering Bacha Khan Leafing through the pages of history searching for heroes who envisaged a better world, we often come across great names such as,...

A political slumbering

No saviour in sight? The Kasur incident where people looted chairs is not something that should be laughed away. This is a very serious message...

History in capital letters

Excuse me for wearing a wet blanket to a party, but didn’t a chap called Shahabuddin Mohammed, more familiar to us as Shah Jehan,...

Chaos theory, UPA style

Back to bedlam The decision on FDI in retail has been so clumsy that there is a counterintuitive theory to suggest that it must be...

A Gandhian paradox

The Nehru-Gandhis seem to have a soft spot for grandfathers. When Rajiv Gandhi posed for India Today at the launch of his public career...

New biography throws intimate light on Sonia Gandhi

A new biography of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, written by a non-resident Indian and with a foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev, casts new and intimate...

Sonia Gandhi makes first appearance after surgery

Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress party, made her first public appearance on Sunday, nearly two months after undergoing surgery in the United...

Sonia Gandhi to attend first meeting since surgery

Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling party, will attend on Thursday her first meeting with Congress party members since returning from undisclosed surgery...

Sonia Gandhi returns to India after US surgery

Sonia Gandhi, the key powerbroker of Indian politics, returned home on Thursday after undergoing surgery in the United States five weeks ago for an...

Sonia Gandhi to return to India shortly: party

Sonia Gandhi, the key power broker of Indian politics, is set to return home after undergoing surgery in the United States for an undisclosed...