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When the AICC met, Subhas was in the peculiar situation of being the president without a Working Committee. Realising its untenability, Subhas had no choice but to resign, proving MN Roy’s observation of the Congress being Gandhi’s Congress as correct. Subhas unlike Nehru did not want to compromise at the cost of his principles and sensibilities Continued from yesterday By SUBRATA MUKHERJEE and SUSHILA RAMASWAMY It was under strained circumstances that the election to the post of Congress P...

Understanding the Big Picture Emerging Out of the Netaji Portrait Controversy The controversy over the new portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose unveiled at Rashtrapati Bhavan is borne out of the same petty-mindedness that either belittled or tried to omit his contribution in the freedom struggle. But the country is not going to be conned again. The whole nation now knows about Netaji’s contributions and his contributions are talked about by people openly. Just three days ago, Netaji’s 125...

The battle for Netaji: Preserve the ideas of the secular patriot, don’t just seek votes January 26, 2021, 9:23 PM IST Sagarika Ghose has been a journalist for over three decades, starting her career with The Times of India, subsequently moving to Outlook magazine and The Indian Express. She has been a primetime news anchor and at present is Consulting Editor, The Times Of India. She is also a political commentator on the news channel ET Now. Ghose is the author of the best s...

Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls Published : Jan 26, 2021, 12:05 am IST Updated : Jan 26, 2021, 12:05 am IST Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling over a minefield  If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI) Before it can d...

Mamata Banerjee abandoned her speech at the event in Victoria Memorial saying she was "insulted". Highlights BJP supporters shouted "Jai Shri Ram" just as Mamata Banerjee rose The incident brought Ms Banerjees traditional rivals out in her support Kolkata: The Victoria Memorial incident, where BJP supporters shouted "Jai Shri Ram" just as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rose to speak on Netaji Subhas Chandra Boses birth anniversary at an event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, cont...

When Sarat Bose struck out at Mahatma Gandhi ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Sat, Jan 23 2021 19:06 IST | ​ 0 Views   New Delhi, Jan 23 : Subhas Chandra Bose struck out at the Congress holy trinity of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru like a terminal velocity in 1938 and 1939 at two successive Congress sessions. His entry as Congress President was akin to a ripcord as he posed not just a challenge to the heavy hitters but ushered in a new thinking and ideal fo...

As Modi, Mamata Battle Over Netajis Legacy, a Look at His Thoughts on India and Communalism “To destroy communalism is, therefore, the task of all those Indians – Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Christians etc. who have transcended all the communal outlook and have developed a genuine nationalist mentality.” Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Reviewing the Troops of Azad Hind Fauj - 1940s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons History23/Jan/2021 On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief...

Liberty from All Forms of Bondage: Subhas Chandra Bose the Marxist Over three decades, Netaji relentlessly expressed his commitment to Marxist thought and a socialist future – a legacy undermined by today’s corporate media. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Photo: Public domain image History23/Jan/2021 In the year 1930, Subhas Chandra Bose composed a long, handwritten letter to the revolutionary leader Barindra Kumar Ghosh, a younger brother of Shri Aurobindo. In it, he set out his belief i...

Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary: Remembering Netaji’s Contribution to India’s Freedom Struggle News18 Any talk about India’s fight for freedom cannot be complete without one of the most prominent and important figures of the time, Subhash Chandra Bose. © Provided by News18 Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary: Remembering Netaji’s Contribution to India’s Freedom Struggle January 23, 2021 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of the brave freedom fighter and...

The fight over the legacy of Netaji, which, is more than obvious, has been propelled by the gains to be made in the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, has inadvertently come to affect a part of history integral to his heritage that has largely gone unnoticed. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is celebrating the upcoming 125th birth anniversary of charismatic freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as Parakram Diwas on Saturday, and railway minister Piyush Goyal has contributed his bit by...