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PM Modi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on 59th death anniversary
Congress leaders paid their respects to Nehru on his 59th death anniversary at an event held at Shanti Van in New Delhi

Sengol Row: The BJP, Congress’ feud over the ceremonial sceptre, explained
Sengol will be installed in the new Parliament building by PM Narendra Modi on 28 May. This historic sceptre has become a bone of contention between the ruling BJP and the Opposition party Congress, which are sparring over its use at the time of Independence

‘Sengol’, the historic sceptre, to be placed in new Parliament and its link to Nehru
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the new Parliament building on Sunday, a key part of the event will be the installation of a ‘sengol’, a golden sceptre. It was received by Jawaharlal Nehru on 14 August 1945 and symbolised the transfer of power from the British

Beyond the Lines | Why dictators hate democracies: How Pakistan’s early choices decided its future
Military dictators are terrified of popular civilian leaders and are forever conspiring to make political dissent disappear — and they are likely to succeed using the force at their command, especially in a country such as Pakistan whose people are unfamiliar with freedom and democracy

Off-centre | The China-Pakistan Anti-India Axis: Decoding the Poonch and Dantewada attacks
The two recent attacks on India, one on our border with Pakistan and the other deep inside the Indian territory, indicate that much more needs to be done to overcome the country’s security threats, both external and internal

Forget small changes by NCERT, liberals are preparing a dangerous new radical version of history
The sarkari leftist would offer Akbar, but new ones prefer Aurangzeb. The old textbooks had comforting myths around secularism — and all religions being peaceful. The new ones will denounce the Bhagavad Gita, and Hinduness as the root of all evil. It is coming. Because no government lasts forever

8 April: Notable events that took place on this date
Spanish painter Pablo Picasso passed away at the age of 91 years on this day in 1973. Majority of practitioners of Buddhism in Japan celebrate the birth of the Buddha on this day

LAC vs IB: Why India's assessment of the length of border along China is misleading
The length given by India's Ministry of Home Affairs (3,488 km) is unfortunately wrong

Head-on | Decoding America’s warm embrace amid India’s global rise
As the relationship between the US and China nosedives, India is now seen as Washington’s indispensable ally in a fraught and uncertain world order

How Nehruvians conspired with ‘eminent’ historians to steal the Independence thunder from revolutionaries
Sanjeev Sanyal deserves applause for taking the lid off the Nehruvian myth that India’s Independence was solely the handiwork of Mahatma Gandhi’s ahimsa and satyagraha. His book tells ‘the other story’ of how India won its Independence

How El-Sisi’s Republic Day visit marks the beginning of a new era in India-Egypt ties
The personal understanding established between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi can be expected to provide a further fillip to bilateral ties in the foreseeable future

How Godse gave Gandhi and Nehru what they wanted — and hurt Hindu interest forever
Had the Mahatma been alive for a few more years, Nehru would have faced Gandhian music sooner than later

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as Republic Day chief guest: India, Egypt make up for lost time, seek strategic convergence
With Egypt being the ‘Gateway to Africa’ for India and a vital partner in the region, it is perhaps the right time to add Egypt to the very privileged list of nations to forge a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’

Islamic Pakistan and British complicity: Why India fails to learn from its past
One must admire the audacity of the British establishment which has taken to the most egregious slander against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BBC, trying to incite Muslim revolt in India with blatant lies, even as it is negotiating the FTA

Nehru, Nehruvians and Bharat Mata: From being a suspect to the supporter of India’s cultural nationalism
As we track the life of Jawaharlal Nehru, we see in him a gradual transition towards the roots of cultural nationalist definition of India

Why Congress should limit its political antics to BJP and not train guns on RSS
This dog-whistling by the Congress against the RSS has never bode well for the latter as matter-of-factly

138th year of Congress: How legacy of the grand old party is immortalized in philately
The grand old Congress may be down and facing an existential crisis of sorts but it has a rich and one of its kind legacy in philately

Confuse, if you cannot convince: Standard toolkit of CAA opposition
CAA protesters are well aware that if they cannot convince by facts at least they can confuse by rhetoric

Contours of civilisational fate: Why new India needs to be confident as well as cautious in dealing with world
The long hand of the inexorable dynamics of historical forces on the fate of a country is usually of greater significance than the actions of mortal politicians, though they might occasionally seek to redirect it

Narendra Modi's invincible Gujarat model: Where vision meets inclusion
The Gujarat model of development which has Narendra Modi's inimitable stamp written all over it has withstood the test of time and is a classic textbook case that shows one man's relentless pursuit of an aspirational India