Jayaprakash Narayan
Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors across India
Nitish Kumar is the last of the politically active and physically robust survivors of the Mandal versus Kamandal war of the 1990s
Name JNU after Jayaprakash: BSM
He added that as many institutions are named after the first Prime Minister, the name of the university should be changed to “avoid confusion”.
Who run the world? Girls!
Chetna Gala Sinha has been working towards empowering the women of rural India to stand on their feet.
Emergency: The events that led to the ‘dark days’ of 1975-77
JP asked students to boycott classes, leave their schools and colleges for one year and work to mobilise the people for his “total revolution”.
India’s second tryst
The Janata government also initiated serious moves toward decentralised democracy by appointing a panel headed by Asok Mehta.
Reform political funding to win the war against black money
Political parties, instead of being banisters of democracy, have become canisters of black money.
Avoid delays over top posts’ choices
No government can feel comfortable if the head of the Army is perceived to be carrying political baggage.