Pavan K Varma | Politics didn’t limit the enigma that was Atalji
4 years ago

Pavan K Varma | Politics didn’t limit the enigma that was Atalji

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a new nostalgia for Atal Behari Vajpayee, whose birthday fell two days ago, coinciding with Christmas. Once his foster daughter, Namita, told me that Baapji — as Atalji was fondly called — told her that it would be nice if I could write some of his written speeches. I have lived over seven decades in this dilemma, and what is left of my life will probably be spent no differently.” I still remember that memorable evening, when I met Atalji at the PM’s residence and he asked me if I would translate his poems into English. Those in power would do well to remember afresh what makes leaders like Atalji so resiliently popular. When leaders become humourless, unsmiling, insular and inaccessible, and governments become hyper sensitive to criticism, arrogant, perpetually aggressive, and obsessed solely with power, they would do well to remember what Atalji wrote: My Lord!

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'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Not One For Horse-Trading': PM Modi Pays Tribute To Former PM. WATCH
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'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Not One For Horse-Trading': PM Modi Pays Tribute To Former PM. WATCH

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his memorial 'Sadaiv Atal' in Delhi on his 100th birth anniversary. On the 100th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Modi highlighted Vajpayee's legacy highlighting the celebration of Good Governance Day. पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री भारत रत्न अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी को उनकी 100वीं जन्म-जयंती पर …

Vajpayee: The statesman who shaped India with his vision, resolve
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Vajpayee: The statesman who shaped India with his vision, resolve

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Atal’s life, ideology continue to inspire nation: Rajnath
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Atal’s life, ideology continue to inspire nation: Rajnath

Hindustan Times  

[email protected] Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Paying glowing tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the eve of his birth centenary, defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajanth Singh on Tuesday said, “Atalji’s life and ideology continue to inspire the nation even today. “ Singh was speaking at the “’Atal Yuva Mahakumbh” organised at the KD Singh Babu Stadium to …

‘Main Atal Hoon’ movie review: Pankaj Tripathi salvages this uneven homage to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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‘Main Atal Hoon’ movie review: Pankaj Tripathi salvages this uneven homage to Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The Hindu  

Largely a fawning tribute, barely an assessment, Main Atal Hoon paints the colourful personality of Atal Bihari Vajpayee with broad brushstrokes. On the day India wins independence, a tea seller tells a young Vajpayee that he listened to Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech but could not understand a word because it was entirely in English. Main Atal Hoon Director: Ravi Jadhav Cast: …

Pavan K. Varma | Time to teach a lesson to Haridwar’s hatemongers
3 years ago

Pavan K. Varma | Time to teach a lesson to Haridwar’s hatemongers

Deccan Chronicle  

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Pavan K. Varma | Will ‘Ram Rajya’ lead to a more tolerant India?
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Pavan K. Varma | Will ‘Ram Rajya’ lead to a more tolerant India?

Deccan Chronicle  

Religious disputes, involving historical memory, and deeply divisive recent communal clashes, are not easy to resolve. Devotees of Shri Ram would do well to remember that he was “maryada purushottam”, the very epitome of right conduct, the role model of correct behaviour. It is Shri Ram again who — in Tulsidas’ words — tells Bharat: “par hith saras dharam nahin …

Pavan K. Varma | Why can’t Indians unite in face of China threat?
4 years, 6 months ago

Pavan K. Varma | Why can’t Indians unite in face of China threat?

Deccan Chronicle  

In Satyajit Ray’s unforgettable classic Shatranj Ke Khilari, based on a story by Premchand, two nawabs continue to find ways to play chess even as the British subsume Awadh. The Congress, on its part, accuses the BJP of being the “B” team of the Chinese Communist Party, and cites as evidence agreements it had signed in the past with the …

Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A visionary who reshaped India's global role
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A visionary who reshaped India's global role

Deccan Chronicle  

As obituaries pour in for late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who passed away earlier this week, three words keep reappearing — orator, statesman and peace-seeker. Three elements stand out in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government’s conduct of foreign policy. But, at the same time, Vajpayee had red lines, as Gen. Musharraf discovered when he was sent back empty-handed, having …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was my guardian, his career is guiding force for the nation, says former BJP general secretary KN Govindacharya
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was my guardian, his career is guiding force for the nation, says former BJP general secretary KN Govindacharya

Firstpost  

KN Govindacharya, has expressed his grief over the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has spoken about his relationship with him. BJP’s former general secretary and the leader of the Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, KN Govindacharya, has expressed his grief over the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has spoken about his relationship with him. …

Opinion | Atal Bihari Vajpayee exuded unusual warmth, comfort
6 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Atal Bihari Vajpayee exuded unusual warmth, comfort

Live Mint  

The thing that caught you about Atal Bihari Vajpayee was that he exuded unusual warmth and comfort. And he said “samjha kariye ”—how important he felt, it was to come back home because that was a moment of triumph on the very, very touchy issue of human rights violations that Pakistan had tried to bring against us. The next day, …

Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the BJP’s Pandit Nehru: Notes from a reporter’s diary
6 years, 4 months ago

Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the BJP’s Pandit Nehru: Notes from a reporter’s diary

Hindustan Times  

A Ratna of Bharat is no more. India’s former prime minister and one of the country’s most-loved and respected leaders, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died on Thursday evening. At Minar- e- Pakistan “Kya chal raha hai, partner?” What’s up, asked Atal ji, seeking me out of a crowd of journalists at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on February 21, 1999. It has a valid …

There was no ego attached to his creativity: Pavan K Varma on Vajpayee the poet
6 years, 4 months ago

There was no ego attached to his creativity: Pavan K Varma on Vajpayee the poet

Hindustan Times  

It was the almost ever-present twinkle in his eyes that let the secret out. Atalji’s book of poems, entitled ‘Ikyavan Kavitaen’, or 51 Poems, had been sent to me by his office. I would not, I said, translate his ‘political’ poems, which were, to my mind, a trifle polemical and predictable in nature. That year, Atal ji said: ‘Cyprus mein …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget

Deccan Chronicle  

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee no more, here's a look at the writer and his works
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee no more, here's a look at the writer and his works

Deccan Chronicle  

Former three-time prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in a critical condition and was put on life support at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the national capital. The 93-year-old veteran politician, Vajpayee was admitted there on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. His works include Meri Sansadiya …

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