by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Jun 15, 2026 | Social
In early 2001, a devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck western Gujarat on 26th January – the Republic Day of India. This was one of the worst natural disasters in country’s history which left more than 20,000 people dead; about 1,67,000 injured and over...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | May 22, 2026 | Social
The day Vajpayee Government lost the floor test by a single vote in the Parliament on April 17, 1999 remains vivid in my memory. It was really agonizing to see how the decision to participate in the crucial voting was left to the Congress MP Giridhar Gamang’s...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Nov 7, 2023 | Social
I was, rather I still am, a huge admirer of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji. In fact, he is one of the very few politicians who I really hold in high esteem. I liked everything about him – the way he spoke, the way he smiled, even the long pauses he used to have between...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Sep 1, 2023 | Social
Things may go wrong even when they’re in the most capable hands. PV Narsimha Rao was the first Prime Minister from South India. He was a scholar-intellectual and a polyglot who could speak as many as seventeen languages, including six languages in which he was fluent....
