Rajiv Gandhi
News of a Killing
Prayaag Akbar
This eyewitness account is a first step towards filling the information gap of the 1987 Hashimpura massacre
Jayalalithaa’s Mercy is Politically Savvy
The Tamil Nadu CM’s decision to free all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case will boost the AIADMK’s fortunes in the Lok Sabha polls
The Centre insists on death for Rajiv Gandhi assassins
Argues convicts not traumatised, took part in cultural events
Rajiv Gandhi: Middleman?
The cables that were recently released by WikiLeaks portray Rajiv Gandhi as a middleman, an implication the Congress has denied by discrediting WikiLeaks. But the report of the Shah Commission, which investigated the excesses of the Emergency, too, points to Rajiv Gandhi’s inordinate interest in the affairs of Indian Airlines, as well as Indira Gandhi’s intervention on behalf of Boeing during the Emergency
A Lot Like Rajiv
In his aptitude for flying, his ease in reaching out to people, and his desire to be ‘the regular guy’, Rahul Gandhi is quite like his father. An extract from Open staffer Jatin Gandhi and Veenu Sandhu’s hot-off-the press biography of the leader, Rahul
Nalini Murugan
Nalini even shopped for the clothes Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin ‘Dhanu’ wore on the day he was killed.
The End of a Death Cult
Prabhakaran’s death is good for the Tamil cause in Lanka. Political process gets a chance to come back to centrestage
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