On July 23rd 2007, one of the grandsons of Mahatma Gandhi said that INDIAN nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi would have “stood up to” the Taliban and Osama bin Laden if he were alive today. He told the BBC his grandfather would also have tried to organise “something dramatic” – perhaps a mass fast – to […]
Selling Liquor in a Gandhian State is an Anomaly
Gandhi, the father of our nation, was strongly against the selling and drinking of liquors. He used to say, it is criminal to spend the income from the sale of intoxicants on the education of the nation’s children or other public services. The government must overcome the temptation of using such revenue for nation-building purposes. […]
Is Sonia Gandhi Eligible To Become The Prime Minister?
As the election campaign is drawing to its close (April-May 2004) the issue of Sonia Gandhi being suitable or not for Prime Minister-ship due to her being a foreigner are coming out once again. Here one is not talking of her suitability for holding the top place in Indian administration but is restricting to the […]