1971.10.27 | THOSE BY-ELECTIONS IN EAST PAKISTAN | THE HINDU

1971.10.27, Newspaper (Hindu)

THE HINDU, OCTOBER 27, 1971 Editorial THOSE BY-ELECTIONS IN EAST PAKISTAN Quite recently the correspondent of a leading British journal who visited Dacca wrote in his paper that “it would be quite unthinkable to hold elections in the uncertain security...

1978.09.05 | A Hundred Years | THE HINDU Editorial

1978, Newspaper (Hindu)

“The most precious asset for THE HINDU over its first century has been the heart warming expression of public confidence in the relevance and integrity of its role in national and social life. This has been a source of sustenance in times of trial and the real...

1978.01.04 | The meaning of this split | THE HINDU Editorial

1978, Newspaper (Hindu)

“In the new year the single most important characteristic of the political situation is the instability and uncertainty in relation to basic questions that have been brought into sharp relief by the third major split of the Indian National Congress in its...

1977.03.22 | The people’s verdict | THE HINDU Editorial

1977, Newspaper (Hindu)

Whatever the shape of things to come the orderly and peaceful elections just completed successfully in the world’s largest democracy deserve to be followed by a sober acceptance of the verdict by both the victors and the vanquished. Now is the time for the...

1977.08.23 | Decentralisation or economic romanticism? | THE HINDU Editorial

1977, Newspaper (Hindu)

“The effort to get out of the rut of a particular type of planning now threatens to degenerate into an exercise that bears no relevance to the development needs of a poor country such as India. A correct relation is yet to be established between Industry and...

1976.11.27 | A few thundershowers indeed! | THE HINDU Editorial

1976, Newspaper (Hindu)

“We offer our sympathy to the thousands of people who were helpless victims of the flash flooding of vast areas of the city. We are certain that some at least of their suffering could have been alleviated if our weather forecasters had not been miles off their...

1975.04.18 | India’s foreign relations | THE HINDU Editorial

1975, Newspaper (Hindu)

“The Chinese mind has never been easy for anyone to fathom. But it has often happened since the Communists came to power that while Peking has maintained a hostile posture towards another country, it has also at the same time tried to establish a working...

1975.06.13 | Justice Sinha’s verdict | THE HINDU Editorial

1975, Newspaper (Hindu)

“From the summary (of the judgment) available at the moment it may appear to many that so far-reaching a finding as the unseating of the Prime Minister is based on purely technical grounds which are not substantive and appear rather weak.” JUNE 13, 1975...

1974.06.11 | Some thoughts for J.P. | THE HINDU Editorial

1974, Newspaper (Hindu)

“Is it Mr. Narayan’s democratic’ aim that popular ministries should be replaced by President’s rule until such time the national character undergoes a sea change and produces a new set of highly ethical and able legislators? If corruption and...

1973.04.26 | Supreme Court’s judgement | THE HINDU Editorial

1973, Newspaper (Hindu)

“The Executive and Parliament have unmistakably been invested with the power of a giant. The hope is that they will not exercise that power like a giant. It has to be used, as Justices Hegde and Mukherjee have pointed out, in a manner that gives no room for...