MK Gandhi is often celebrated for his role in India’s freedom struggle, but not everyone saw him as a hero. Some, like the great industrialist Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar, believed Gandhi’s ideas hurt India more than they helped. In his autobiography, Cactus and Roses, Kirloskar shared his frustration with Gandhi’s focus on the charkha (spinning wheel) and strikes, which he saw…
Imagine working hard, earning Rs. 100, and then being forced to give away Rs. 97.50 to the government. You’re left with just Rs. 2.50 to feed your family, pay your bills, or save for your dreams. This isn’t a made-up story—it’s the harsh reality Indians faced under Indira Gandhi’s Congress government in the 1970s. The Congress party, often hailed as…
The missing chapter titled “SHE” from M.O. Mathai’s book Reminiscences of the Nehru Age is said to be about Indira Gandhi, the daughter of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Mathai, who worked as Nehru’s private secretary from 1946 to 1959, wrote this chapter but removed it from the book before it was published in 1978. Even though it was…
