Hindustan Times
The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena like to believe that the Mangeshkar sisters belong to them. In fact, not just belong to them – the Thackerays believe that they own these national assets. Read more
(17 votes, average: 3.47 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Abeeda Parveen, Ajmal Kasab, Asha Bhosale, Azad Maidan¸ Vilasrao Deshmukh, Bal Thackeray, Congress, hindustan times, Lata Mangeshkar, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Michael Jackson, news, Pakistan, Runa Laila, Shiv Sena, Shiv Udyog Sena, Singly political, Thackerays, UPA
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out –
Because I was not a Socialist. Read more
(18 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged asha bhosle, Balasaheb, hindustan times, Lata Mangeshkar, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Maharashtrians, mubai, news, north indians, of Bal Thackeray, Prithviraj Chavan, Raj Thackeray, Sachin Tendulkar, Shiv Sena, Singly political, Sujata Anandan, Vilasrao Deshmukh
I was working for a wire service when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. A few months later, I received a call from my editors in New Delhi: the Amethi seat was up for a by-election and Sonia Gandhi had decided she wanted to give it to Amitabh Bachchan. Her children were too young, she was not into politics (then) and she would rather it stayed with “family”. Read more
(30 votes, average: 4.63 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Filed under India · Tagged amethi, Amitabh Bachchan, Assam Gana Parishad, assassination, Congress MP, film correspondent, Lata Mangeshkar, politics, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Zeenat Aman
