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By Inder Jit (Released on 8 October 1974) Domestic issues are again to the fore after a brief interlude in the shape of the visit by the Shah and Shahbanou of Iran. But it has an interlude which New Delhi has every reason to remember with pleasure and satisfaction. Few visits by heads of State
By Inder Jit (Released on 16 October 1990) More and more people are swearing by secularism today than ever before in the past two decades. Equally interestingly, more and more people are today swearing by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of our Constitution. Both Houses of Parliament concluded their special session on Punjab on October
By Inder Jit (Released on 8 April 1975) President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed‘s quiet initiative in attending King Faisal‘s funeral, could well help open a new chapter in friendship and mutual cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. From all accounts, the President’s unprecedented gesture in proceeding to Riyadh, notwithstanding the physical strain involved in
By Inder Jit (Released on 23 Aug 1983) L’affaire Deputy Speaker has become more and more intriguing. It continues to pit the Opposition in the Lok Sabha not only against Mr. Lakshmanan, the Deputy Speaker, but against the Speaker, Mr Bal Ram Jakhar, himself. Issues of importance to Parliament and its functioning are involved. The
By Inder Jit (Released on 1 September 1990) Free India’s foreign policy and its conduct has suffered from one grave failing over the years. Its Foreign Office has mostly reacted to developments, seldom anticipated and, accordingly, acted. The appointment of Mr I.K. Gujral, a suave diplomat amongst politicians, as Minister of External Affairs in the
By Inder Jit (Released on 20 April 1982) Lusty cheers greeted the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the controversial West Bengal poll. This is as it should have been. The Supreme Court’s verdict is of fundamental importance to the future of India’s democracy. It is also in accordance with the wise decision taken by Nehru
By Inder Jit (Released on 5 November 1976) Both New Delhi and Washington will need to keep their fingers crossed. By all accounts, Dr Kissinger’s visit was truly a success. Years of nagging distrust and misunderstanding has been removed in a big way. Important first moves have been made to establish a basis for what
By Inder Jit (Released on 26 January 1982) Several questions, wild and not so wild, are being asked in New Delhi as India celebrates another Republic Day with traditional pomp and pageantry. Will India be a new Republic by January 26 next year? More explicitly, will India continue to be a parliamentary democracy or will
