UNBELIEVABLE: 11 | History Defined

What moralistic takes on Adani-NDTV saga miss

Barely a few years after India’s independence, Jawaharlal Nehru used the phrase “jute press” to refer to the leading barons of Indian media. The phrase was a thinly-veiled dig at some of the prominent newspapers owners – like the Jains, Birlas and Goenkas – who had first made money in…

Newslaundry · Sep 7, 2022

The difficult path to India-Pakistan peace

The failure to manage the domestic audience in Pakistan is a recurrent trope that has overwhelmed peace attempts

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022

The fibre of Keshav Desiraju’s mind

There was something transcendental about him passing away a year ago on the very morning of his grandfather S. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary — this day, Teachers’ Day

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022

TV Newsance 183: Anupam Kher’s Nehru bashing on News18, injustice to Bilkis Bano

This week, we look at Network 18’s Independence Day special programme that tracked the history of India through the speeches of its prime ministers from 1947 to 2022. In a one-hour show, the host, Anupam Kher, spent about seven minutes on Jawaharlal Nehru and 15 minutes or so on Narendra…

Newslaundry · Aug 20, 2022

Anupam Kher uses his News18 pulpit to cast Nehru as villain. And Modi?

News18 India continues to celebrate "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav". On Tuesday the TV news channel broadcast a special show as part of the celebration. Created by History TV18, “Lal Qiley se Goonj” was hosted by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher who supposedly traced the history of India through the speeches of…

Newslaundry · Aug 17, 2022

We have not forgotten Nehru, says Karnataka CM Bommai

However, he said India would not have lost the China war if the leadership then was strong

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2022

The temples that Jawaharlal Nehru built

Nehru’s luminous legacy is deeply laid in India’s growth story since Independence

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

Congress takes out mega Freedom March in a show of strength

A host of senior party leaders participate

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

‘Congress laid foundation for today’s India’

Telangana Congress celebrated Independence Day hoisting the national flag at Gandhi Bhavan followed by the Azadi ka Gaurav Yatra from the party headquarters to Jawaharlal Nehru statue in Abids wherein all the senior leaders participated.

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

Putin, Biden, Macron, and other leaders send Independence Day messages

In a break from the past, PM Modi made no reference to foreign policy, challenges from Pakistan, China in his Independence Day speech

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022