Twenty-one of the awardees are women, 11 foreigners/non-resident Indian/Person of Indian-origin/Overseas citizen of India, three posthumous awardees and one transgender person.
Kuldip Nayar's last book exquisitely demonstrates his distinctive ability to question the need for fiction when real life is so plump with drama and intrigue. Personal anecdotes about a number of leaders and icons make this book a rare treat for readers of modern Indian affairs
Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday paid glowing tributes…
The editors' body also remembered how Nayar, who was one of the doyens of Indian journalism, fought the Emergency, that had imposed curbs on media freedom, through his writings and for which he was also jailed
He served as the Indian High Commissioner in the UK in the 1990s and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1997
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed grief over Nayar’s demise saying that his strong stand against the Emergency, public service and commitment to a better India will always be remembered.
Kuldip Nayar was among the journalists who had staunchly opposed Emergency, imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. He had been jailed under MISA during the time
