A revelatory must-read on the 18 dark months of Democratic Indias history.Ī veteran journalist and former member of Parliament, Kuldip Nayar is India's most well-known and widely syndicated journalist. He reveals the untold atrocities committed and the chief perpetrators and their modus operandi. With a new preface, the author reacquaints the current reader with the facts, lies and truths in an easy-to-understand, analytical style. One thing led to another until JP gave the call that the battle was between the people who wanted the government accountable and the government which was not willing to come clean.Īcclaimed author Kuldip Nayar, says the true story behind Emergency, why it was declared and what it meant is relevant now since the driving force was corruption and corruption is the watch word again. When he found no response, he took the issue to the nation. Her defence was that the Congress had no money even to run the party office. Gandhian Jayaprakash Narayan raised the matter of corruption with the Prime Minister. Nandini Satpathy was elected to the state assembly after spending lakhs of rupees. ix. In his honour Meera Dewan, a filmmaker, had also made a film called : “ In his inner voice: Kuldip Nayar”.It all started with a by-election in Orissa in 1972. He was born in 1923 and graduated in law and began his career with an Urdu newspaper called Anjam.

vii. He authored 15 books including “Beyond the Lines”, “India after Nehru” and “Emergency Retold”, Between the Lines’, ‘Scoop! – Inside stories from Partition to the present’, ‘Distant Neighbours: A tale of the Subcontinent’. vi. In 2015, he was honoured with the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to journalism. v. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1997. iv. He served as a press information officer to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri and former Union Home Minister Govind Ballabh Pant. He also served as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. ii. He was a former editor at The Indian Express. I. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha MP Kuldip Nayar dies at 95 On August 23, 2018, renowned journalist, author and human rights activist Kuldip Nayar passed away in Delhi at 95. He is also the president of Asian Kho-Kho Federation.Ībout Olympic Council of Asia (OCA): ♦ President – Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah ♦ Headquarters – Kuwait iii. Rajeev Mehta is the Secretary General of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Also, it has the possibility to be included as a discipline in the next Asian Games.

ii. Kho-Kho will be included as a demonstration sport in the Asian Indoor Games. Kho-Kho gets recognition from OCA: i. This was announced at the General Assembly of the OCA on 19 th August 2018. Kho-Kho gets recognition from Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has given recognition to Kho-Kho, India’s indigenous sport.

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