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Six fatal mistakes of free India
Our most disastrous mistake was not to educate our burgeoning population and make them worthy of their right to vote.
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Updated: Jun 1, 2021, 09:29 AM IST
In an article published in Bhavan’s Journal in 1997 Nani Palkhivala had enumerated six fatal mistakes in the past fifty years which have brought the country to this sorry state:
First, our greatest initial mistake was to start with an adult franchise. No democracy has ever paid, all things considered, a heavier price from adult franchise than India. I am not aware of any great democracy which started as a republic on the basis of the adult franchise: all of them started with a more restricted system and then graduated to the adult franchise. Two of our greatest statesmen of earlier years were C Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. When the constituent Assembly was in session, both these stalwarts recommended that we should not start with the adult franchise but educate our
Tale of victory: 1971 Indo-Pak war veterans revisit experiences from Battle of Basantar
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In conversation: Col Deepak Joshi (L), Brig Mahalingam (down left), Kanchana Ramanujam (M) and Brig Singh (R)
BENGALURU: From hand-to-hand fighting to getting inside Pakistan and destroying 48 Pakistani tanks - war veterans, who fought a major battle during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 shared anecdotes and stories of valour during a recently organised webinar.
The webinar - ‘The Battle of Basantar - Indian Offensive Thwarts Enemy Plans’ was organised by the School of Military Affairs, Strategy and Logistics (SMASL) at Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat to mark the 50th anniversary year of one of the fiercest battles fought on the Western front in 1971. Three war veterans, who fought the battle as young officers, shared their experiences from the battlefield and heroic adventures inside Pakistan. The Battle of Basantar or the Battle of Barapind was one of the most importa
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Author of the article: John Fraser, Special to National Post
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Prince Philip, in personal encounters, had a special ability to put you immediately at ease at the same time as he kept you on edge. It was his style: he loved to demystify the monarchy so you didn’t sound like a blithering idiot when you were addressed by a member of the family. But at the same time, he also brought to conversation a degree of forthright questioning that sometimes could turn you into … well, a blithering idiot.