First person: The story behind how Sanjay Gandhi slapped Indira six times at a dinner partyPulitzer ...

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First person: The story behind how Sanjay Gandhi slapped Indira six times at a dinner party
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis M Simons was the Washington Post correspondent in Delhi
when the Emergency was imposed. Simons recounts how he got the story and the reaction of Sonia
and Rajiv Gandhi when he met them long after the Emergency had been lifted. You did a story in the
Washington Post quoting an unnamed source who claimed that Sanjay Gandhi had slapped his
mother, Indira Gandhi, six times at a dinner party.
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Isro's Mars Orbiter sends new set of
pictures and they are amazing
Indian Space Research Organisation
(Isro's) Mars Orbiter Mission has sent a
new set of pictures. The image taken by
Mars Colour Camera over Ophir Chasma
was released today. The word chasma has
been designated by the International
Astronomical Union to refer to an elongate,
steep sided depression. 3D portrayals of
Ophir Chasma terrain on Mars | Picture courtesy ISRO Ophir Chasma is part of the largest canyon
system in the solar system known as vallesmarineris.
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How Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena changed Mumbai forever
Saamna was the staple read in the family though they never had the good fortune to meet Thackeray
in person. In his younger days, Surve used to be sent by his mother to the baker's stall down the
street every morning for pau (bread) and eggs. Some evenings, when families in the building had
substantial orders, the man Surve called 'chacha' would come around, riding his bicycle with his box
of kharas (fluffy crackers), buns, biscuits and other goodies to deliver at their doorsteps. It is a
testimony to the level of indoctrination among children belonging to Maharashtrian families
supporting the Shiv Sena at the time that Surve soon found himself in a gang of youngsters actively
rioting on the streets.
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2. Pakistani singer Adnan Sami wants to live in India
Pakistani singer Adnan Sami Khan first arrived in India in 2001 on a visitor's visa with the validity of
one year that was issued by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. This made him reach out to
the Indian government, which has responded favourably. I make several attempts to reach Sami but
it seems his legal counsel has advised him to currently stay mum on this matter. "The love, adulation
and warmth that I got from India is the reason why I chose this country.
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