It is reasonably clear that Mrs. Gandhi has decided to replace Mr. Babasaheb Bhosale as Maharashtra’s chief minister. She has not said so. No one has quoted her as having said so. But the indications are that she has taken the decision. Meanwhile reports from New Delhi suggest that the … Read More
I cannot possibly establish the point to the satisfaction of modernist sceptics that in the mid-seventies the pendulum had to swing again – in the opposite direction – and that Jayaprakash Narayan only gave it a push. But I am reinforced in this view because the upsurge in 1973 in … Read More
Mrs. Gandhi has suffered a blow in Andhra and Karnataka. It was her election, not of the fiction called the Congress with or without the bracket with ‘I’ in it. And she has lost it convincingly. This makes it tempting for her detractors, who are legion among the articulate sections … Read More
So the first non-Congress ministry ever in Karnataka has been sworn in. The governor, contrary to fears expressed in certain quarters, has not tried to delay it. The Janata party finally elected Mr. Ramkrishna Hegde as its leader on Sunday. On Monday morning, Mr. Govind Narain requested Mr. Hegde to … Read More
For the second time in less than a month the Soviets have reaffirmed that they will not withdraw from Afghanistan unless all external interference in that country’s affairs by way of US, Saudi, Egyptian and Pakistani support for the rebels ends. Clearly, this is intended to put an end to … Read More
The Congress (I) has committed political harakiri in Andhra and it has come fairly close to doing so in Karnataka. There is no other way to describe the manner in which it has conducted its affairs in its erstwhile southern strongholds and the nemesis that has now overwhelmed it. The … Read More
As should be evident from the letters we have carried in the last two weeks, some of our Muslim readers have not taken well to our editorial “Playing With Fire” (December 16). I do not know how representative these individuals are of the Muslim sentiment and, indeed, whether such a … Read More
India enters 1983 in an uncertain mood. The tempers are still not too short. But a small incident causes an explosion. The army has been called out in Trivandrum; the police have had to open fire in Alleppey; prohibitory orders have been imposed in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra; and tension simmers … Read More
The CPI secretariat headed by Mr. Rajeswara Rao has done something quite unusual. It has issued a public statement rejecting the advice offered by a leading Soviet expert on India, Mr. Ulianvosky, that it should support the Congress (I). This step is unusual on two counts. The CPI leadership does … Read More
It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of Nehru’s role in the rise of modern and, therefore, secular India. Measured by any yardstick, it has been critical. Nehru was supremely qualified to play this role. He was a truly modern man, almost European in his outlook. He genuinely believed that … Read More
