Gandhi's 65th death anniversary: Nation remembers 'Bapu'
by IANS
The faintly heard traffic commotion does not affect the serenity of 5, Tees January Marg, a leafy avenue in the heart of the Indian capital, where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and where he was assassinated on Jan 30, 1948. ...  
12:46 PM, Jan 30, 2013

FTN: Do autobiographies need to be controversial to generate interest?

It has become almost a fashion to create a sensation or hype before any book concerning political or historical matters is launched so that maximum sales can be effected. ...
11:59 PM, Jul 12, 2012

Kuldip Nayar's autobiography angers Sikh group Amritsar: Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar has angered a radical Sikh outfit as his recently-released autobiography 'Beyond the Lines' has termed Sikh militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale as a creation of Congress. The book's allegation that Sikh Student's Federation president Bhai Amrik Singh, who died during Operation Blue Star in June 1984, was an "IB agent" has also earned the ire of the Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa. Nayar has also alleged...  
05:21 PM, Jul 11, 2012

'Narasimha Rao prayed when Babri was demolished' New Delhi: Yet another book has levelled an allegation that P V Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late Prime Minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over. The charge relating to the demolition on December 6, 1992 has been made by eminent journalist Kuldip Nayar in his soon-to-be released...  
05:59 PM, Jul 05, 2012

Book Review: A Scoop!  from history This book is a gem, particularly if you figure out that a lot of what you read in your text-books were lies. ...  
11:55 AM, Sep 28, 2006