Sidhant Gupta’s resemblance seals the deal for Nehru role in ‘Freedom at Midnight’
'Freedom at Midnight' is a political thriller series that explores India's struggle for independence, featuring key figures like Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.
'Freedom at Midnight' is a political thriller series that explores India's struggle for independence, featuring key figures like Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.
As India marks 50 years since the passing of Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, it is an opportune moment to reflect on his profound influence on Indian diplomacy and the broader global stage.
Sixty-five years ago, when the first democratically elected Communist government of the world was unilaterally dismissed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru there were cries of ‘murder of democracy’ and ‘violation of democracy’ in political and media circles across India.
Why did Commonwealth Secretary Philip Noel Baker take such an anti-India stand? Was he acting with the support of Attlee? After all, of all the UNSC members, Britain had the longest experience of dealing with the affairs of the Indian sub-continent.
Sidhant Gupta reflects on how playing Jawaharlal Nehru in "Freedom at Midnight" deepened his connection to Independence Day, sharing a moving personal experience.
Taking to the microblogging site, PM Modi wrote, "On his death anniversary, I pay tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru".
ver the century, there was the bigger goal of 'freedom and independence' for which a spectrum of political parties, groups and individuals were campaigning in the legislatures, writing vociferously in the media, pleading openly to the imperial powers-that-be, and taking to the courts, and streets, unafraid of being in jails. These were journeys where intentions and imagination, ideals and action went hand in hand
Bose, like Jawaharlal Nehru, his close ally, had a much wider global view of politics. On socialism in Great Britain, he said, it should be clear that a socialist order in Great Britain is impossible of achievement without the liquidation of colonialism we, who are fighting for the political freedom of India and other enslaved countries of the British empire, are incidentally fighting for the economic emancipation of the British people as well.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday paid homage to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary.
The Alipore Central Jail has been converted into a museum to celebrate the country's 75 years of independence.
