India’s constitutional values, democratic institutions have faced serious challenges: Kharge Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said India’s constitutional values, democratic institutions and social harmony have faced “serious challenges” over the last 10 years, as he called for full measure of equality and justice for the economically-weaker sections. In his message to people on India’s 80th Independence…
There are so many pieces of political satire I could talk about, a painting, a piece of music but I would like to choose a film: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, made by a close friend, Kundan Shah. It was a kind of a theatre of the absurd set in a city like Mumbai. But it…
Representative imageSchool students parents and teachers hold the national flag and participate in the ‘Abhinav Bharat Yatra Vande Mataram’ as part of the Tiranga Yatra, in Ahmedabad. (ANI Photo) On the morning of 15 August, when the Prime Minister arrives at the Red Fort, the National Song will be sung from those ramparts for the…
Every time the Indian tricolour rises on Independence Day, millions look at the saffron, white and green stripes with pride. Yet the man whose vision helped give India this enduring symbol remained largely outside the national spotlight. Pingali Venkayya, a freedom fighter and visionary from Andhra Pradesh, spent years thinking about what an Indian flag…
