There is a strange calm in the country on the eve of the proposed poll to the Lok Sabha. It could have been shattered if the Janata party had launched, as Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee had threatened, a satyagraha campaign against the new ordinance providing for preventive detention for individuals … Read More
It is not particularly surprising that Mr. Kissinger has not added anything truly significant to our knowledge of the war in Vietnam, its extension to Cambodia and the Washington-Hanoi negotiations. After all, these developments and related issues have been discussed threadbare again and again for years. Mr. Kissinger has made … Read More
No newspaper reader in India needs to be reminded of Mr. Nixon’s and Mr. Kissinger’s notorious “tilt” towards Pakistan at the time of the 1971 war over Bangladesh. The reasons for it are also well known — long-standing Western prejudice against the Hindus, failure to appreciate the importance of the … Read More
After a brief visit to the United States recently it appears to me that that country is going through the most profound psychological change since 1945 when it emerged as the most powerful nation in the world. It is trying to come to terms with the reality of the decline … Read More
In the passing away of Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan, the country has lost one whose place in national life no one else can fill. He made his greatest contribution to the country in March 1977 when he helped the hastily put together Janata party defeat Mrs. Gandhi’s Congress which had during … Read More
Mr Charan Singh is clearly embarrassed by Mr Raj Narain’s campaign in favour of postponing the forthcoming elections to the Lok Sabha till some time in February. Else he would not have administered two snubs to the latter on two consecutive days. His first statement on Monday affirming the government’s … Read More
While it has once again become a commonplace to speak of Mrs. Gandhi’s mass appeal, indeed charisma, neither her admirers nor her foes have sought to account for it. Most of them have discussed her popularity and personality outside the context of political developments in the country. By any yardstick, … Read More
It is difficult to believe that the caretaker government has issued the ordinance totally banning contributions by companies to political parties in any form whatsoever solely to eliminate the influence of the so-called big money from public life. It must know that political parties cannot fight the forthcoming election without … Read More
The Imam of Jama Masjid has said that in view of his experience in the last two years he would lay down specific terms for an electoral understanding with any political party. The least he expects is 20 per cent nominations for Muslims for both the Lok Sabha and Rajya … Read More
It is difficult to believe that the present caretaker government in New Delhi would wish to disqualify Mrs. Gandhi from contesting the forthcoming election and thereby throw the entire political-electoral process into confusion. But if the reports emanating from the capital regarding the proposed changes in the Representation of the … Read More
