Gandhi

BJP juggernaut and national politics: Seven takeaways for 2024 elections

The 3-1 verdict between BJP and Congress set the stage for the road to the national polls in 2024. State and national contests often differ but several key indicators stand out from the results, which also have significant implications for Congress and opposition I.N.D.I.A. alliance

Hey Ram, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and more: 5 stories that celebrate the enduring legacy of Mahatma Gandhi

Shobhayatra, Gandhi, The Making of the Mahatma, Hey Ram and Lage Raho Munna Bhai convey Gandhian values via compelling stories

Turkey’s ‘Gandhi’: Who is Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan's key challenger and the 'future' of Turkish democracy?

Seventy-four-year-old Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant, is the candidate of the coalition of six Opposition parties for the 14 May presidential elections in Turkey. Owing to his physical resemblance to the Indian leader, the Turkish politician has been dubbed 'Gandhi Kemal' by the media

Police arrive at Rahul Gandhi's residence for details of alleged sexual harassment victims

Taking cognisance of social media posts, police had sent a questionnaire to the Congress leader and asked him 'to give details about the women who approached him regarding sexual harassment'

Remembering Suresh Jindal, the film producer who left cinema to pursue a spiritual path

Suresh Jindal, who produced films directed by Basu Chatterjee, Satyajit Ray, Sai Paranjpye, Rajan Khosa, Mani Kaul and Kyentse Norbu, was a luminous personality who gave up cinema for his spiritual calling. He made a brief return to cinema as an act of service towards his guru.

Gandhi's journals: How the Mahatma shaped a nation's ideas through Young India, Navjivan and Harijan

Many, before Gandhi, had employed the press to further their cause. Many did so after him. Few have been as effective as he was in the early 1920s when Young India and Navjivan were at their zenith

On Gandhi Jayanti, remembering Mahatma's most beloved hymns — from Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram to Lead, Kindly Light

A common theme seems to run through Gandhiji’s preferred playlist. The themes of devotion, harmony and reconciliation are a common thread. And through all of the songs, there is a sense of gazing deeply into the self to bring out the best that resides in everyone regardless of how trying the circumstances are.

Happy Gandhi Jayanti: Revisiting films based on the father of the nation

The country’s independence movement has witnessed several movies, which surely remain incomplete without incorporating Mahatma Gandhi.

From Ben Kingsley to Naseeruddin Shah, actors who brought Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals to life

This Gandhi Jayanti, we revisit some of the most memorable portrayals of Gandhi on stage and in cinema.

Why remembering Nehru is not the answer to Modi’s BJP

Attempts are often made by Nehru’s admirers, generally highly educated people, to correct public perception about him. However, this is a failed project