मुरझाए पेड़ की जड़ों पर प्रहार और यह गिर जाएगा", बाजीराव बल्लाल का यही मूल मंत्र था। उनकी तलवार ने मराठों के इतिहास को आकार दिया। वह इतिहास के उन चुनिंदा योद्धाओं में से है जिन्होंने कभी हार का सामना नहीं किया। बाजीराव मस्तानी उन्हीं के जीवन पर आधारित फिल्म है।

बाजीराव की रफ्तार ही बाजीराव की पहचान थी

Jab Tak hai Jaan, one must hold up to the director seat of their dreams. This person, however, did not just hold on to his dreams, but also visualised them and redefined the entire film industry with his presence.

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In 1942, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal fell into the hands of the invading Japanese army. In this story, let us revisit this less-remembered chapter of modern Indian history and see how the brutality with which the Japanese sought to control the islands left an everlasting impact on the people.

The Occupation of the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands

If you go to Agra, you possibly cannot return without a pack of Panchi Petha with you! Panchi Petha is the famous sweet dish of Agra that everyone expects you to return with from your visit to Agra.

Agra's Panchi Petha

What had seemed set in stone a week ago now hung in balance- many had declared Royals’s march into the playoffs inevitable but a topsy turvy week saw turned their last game vs the Mumbai Indians into a virtual knockout. The events that transpired next at the Wankhede immortalised the match in the pantheon of greatest IPL matches forever.

2 Fast 2 Furious

With those chocolate tins, handmade rakhis, sweet messages, real promises, and beautiful moments of laughs and tears, we grew up only to realise that Raksha Bandhan was never an occasion or celebration, but a bond of togetherness that binds us in conjunction.

Threads Of Love And Togetherness

In the early colonial years, when the British tried to take the Indians to Africa and other colonies as migrant labourers, they were met with stiff resistance from the Hindus. They said that if they cross the sea, they would lose their honour. What did they mean? Let’s find out.

Hindus and the Taboo of Ocean –Kala Pani

अपने आस-पास के धर्मों के विचारों से तंग आकर एक व्यक्ति ने एक ईश्वर 'एक ओंकार' के पास जाने का एक नया तरीका खोजा और प्रेम, बंधुत्व और सदाचार पर आधारित एक आध्यात्मिक संप्रदाय की स्थापना की। ऐसा एक संप्रदाय जो संगत और लंगर के साम्यवादी विचारों से निकटता से जुड़ा हुआ था।

हर साल मनाया जाता है

अंधकार में प्रकाश को ढूंढ़ता एक पर्व

Natural Calamities teach us that the earth, in which we have lived for millennia, still holds the cards to the destruction of humanity no matter how much we evolve. Today, the Kangra Earthquake would devastate the scales.

Shook ones

When in 1996, H.D. Devegowda resigned as the CM of Karnataka to assume the Prime Ministership, everyone was taken aback. But the people who knew him weren't surprised. Devegowda had always punched above his weight and this occasion was no different.

Born in Haradanahalli, a village in Holenarasipura taluk, of the former Kingdom of Mysore, he lived a childhood of economic hardships. His father was a farmer and earned just about enough to send him off to school. The early struggles made him immune to adverse situations, a quality that helped him immensely in his political career later on.

> After completing his schooling, he went away to L. V. Polytechnic in Hassan to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering.

After completing his higher education, he decided that it was time for him to go into politics. He wasn't in it for personal gain. Having lived the life of a have-not, he was in touch with the pulse of the downtrodden. If they had to get anywhere, he knew they needed representation in politics- someone who knew them, someone who knew what they wanted.

An outsider to the political elite, he was a member of Congress from 1953 to 1962. As time passed, he felt a disconnect with the motive he had come into politics because of the cursory strategy that Congress was pursuing alleviation with.

He left in search of more like-minded people- people who had seen inequality and destitution in the eye, people who were willing to go against the odds to get the job done. Alas, there weren't many people who resonated with his goal enough to fight alongside him.

So, Devegowda continued his political journey as an independent candidate, not bound by the chains of an official party line. He made the seat of Holenarasipura his fortress in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, winning it for six consecutive terms from 1962 till 1989.

10 years after he left the Congress, he found himself right in the middle of the Congress split. He became the Leader of Opposition from March 1972 to March 1976, heading Congress (O) fiercely against Indira. 

> For revolting and dissenting against Indira during the infamous years of the Emergency, he became one of the many leaders who were rounded up and put into jails.

After failing to find his calling for many years, jumping from one boat to another and back, he settled in Janata Dal. There, he became the face of the party and helped them to victory in the 1994 Karnataka State Elections and was rewarded with the post of the Chief Minister.

Now, he had his eyes on the biggest seat in Indian Politics. The 1996 elections were a peculiar case where both the BJP and Congress faltered. However, Janata Dal and Congress found common ground to come together- neither of them wanted BJP to form the government.

In the cradle of this unexpected friendship, the United Front was born. Everyone expected a Congress face to become the Prime Minister, but to everyone's surprise, Devegowda was given the opportunity to lead from the front.

Astute though he was, he could only hold the parties together for 10 months. Although there was some common ground, it was not enough for them to sustain a long-standing partnership. Congress felt ignored and unwanted and soon, broke away from the coalition. Even in his limited time, Devegowda made ample use of the opportunities that came his way.

> Under his leadership, one of the most famous infrastructure projects, Delhi Metro's development was kickstarted.

Post his chaotic tenure as the PM, he has enjoyed considerable success but his career has been on the same topsy-turvy trajectory. He won from his constituency for four consecutive elections and even when he did lose, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha. Not a bad deal to be honest. Despite faltering at many junctions in his career, often through no fault of his own, Devegowda has had an illustrious career as a politician and even better one as the people's servant.

The Man with fire in his eyes; Source: Zee

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A son of the soil, H.D. Devegowda brought together an unlikely set of people to form the government in 1996- that is, until all went into a downward tizzy.

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