Jawaharlal Nehru Archives

India has a lot to learn from the travails of the past; specifically those years prior to India regaining its independence after years of subjugation

Satire

My Letter Series: Dear Ignorant Indian, Those Who Ignore History Are...

Kumar Sridhar - April 25, 2021 1

Jinnah fought tooth and nail for new land Pakistan, he regretted it The year 1942: In a dingy room in a province in North India,...

Mr Gandhi, we need someone to teach the current government to stop this development of the country and go back to the stone ages!

Satire

My Letter Series – Dear Gandhiji, Nehru Was A Great Choice!...

Kumar Sridhar - April 18, 2021 4

Mr Gandhi, the current PM Narendra Modi, when slapped on one cheek, hits the slapper on both cheeks! A moment of silence for the two...

Its time to ensure that the guardians at our borders not just have sophisticated weapon but assured that their weapons are fully loaded with bullets

Opinion

Our Guns need to be fully loaded: Why India needs a...

Venkat Sudheendra - December 19, 2020 2

Several confidence-building measures failed to produce any tangible outcomes in the relationship between Indo-China The recent Galwan valley face-off between the Indian and Chinese forces...

What can one say about Omar Abdullah for not contesting Assembly elections decisions? He is his own master and it is his choice.

Politics

Frustrated Omar Abdullah writes: While Jammu and Kashmir remains UT, will...

Hari Om - July 28, 2020 3

Omar Abdullah didn’t appreciate the PM and the Governor. He criticized them. National Conference (NC) vice president and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah finally penned...

China always flaunts its One-China policy. India has been traditionally indulgent on this count, despite the fact that China has never acknowledged the One-India policy

Politics

India must rethink its position over One-China Policy

Rajesh Singh - July 6, 2020 5

India kept away from issues that were sensitive to the Chinese leadership, did not join the international voices which were critical of Beijing Incursions or...

As a Hindu, we have many things to be ashamed of. We have many things to be angry about. We have many things to work towards and change.

Culture

The uneducated Hindu

Seshadri Shankar - May 15, 2020 8

The indomitable Sitaram Goel, in ‘How I became a Hindu’ describes how some Sadhus had gone to request Nehru for a ban on cow...

It was unbelievable and did not reconcile with the enormous regard Nehru had for Patel, with Patel’s own statute within the Congress party, and with Nehru’s liberal and democratic outlook.

Politics

The ‘Hot Potato’: Was Sardar Patel excluded from Nehru’s first list...

Rajesh Singh - March 10, 2020 2

Jawaharlal, whether out of spite or fear of the Sardar, intended to exclude his only potential rival — and the one person who could...

Cartoon

You are not Savarkar, but not Gandhi either…

Sahil Mishra - December 15, 2019 1

The Nehru-Liaquat pact of 1950. This agreement between Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan of India and Pakistan respectively promised to ensure the protection of minorities in their respective countries.

Politics

Failed Liaquat-Nehru Pact and Citizenship Amendment Bill

Rajesh Singh - December 11, 2019 1

If one analyses the course of events in Pakistan since its creation, it will be manifest that there is no honorable place for Hindus...

It’s hoped that the Modi government will undo all the past wrongs and give Jammu what is its legitimate due share.

Politics

Modi, Shah are the hope: Jammu defeated Kashmir jihad, Delhi defeated...

Hari Om - December 2, 2019 0

The Narendra Modi Government rendered divisive Article 370 ineffective for all practical purposes, removed discriminatory Article 35A and brought the people of the whole...