Remembrance
When 60-yr-old Indira Gandhi arrived in Bihars Belchi on elephant, braving damaged roads, heavy rains
Indira Gandhi
On 103th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, we bring you an incident that contributed big time in making her political comeback.
Born on 19th November 1917, Priyadarshani Indira Nehru was Jawaharlals and Kamala Nehrus only daughter. Walking on her fathers footsteps Indira Gandhi became India’s third and first woman Prime Minister in 1966.
It was in the year 1977, when late Indira Gandhi lost her Lok Sabha election and for the first time, since Independence, people of India threw Congress out of power from the Centre.
The consequences of Emergency (1975-1977) came as a nightmare for Indiras political career. Just then, news broke out from Bihars Belchi village that few upper caste landowners had ruthlessly killed Dalits of the village.
Indiras heart was shattered but she saw an opportunity to have a comeback ? an incident that could possibility revive her political career ? and to show her compassion towards the poor. Indira wasted no time to reach out to the people who were in pain.
She was all set for Belchi. Looked like the sky was crying too, it was the month of July and the rain added more difficulties in Indiras path.
Mud on the roads, no transportation and even the flooded river couldn’t stop Indira from meeting the people. She first took a train, then a jeep and finally an elephant to reach the village to show them solidarity.
I’m not here to give a speech, I’m here to share the grief of the people; the rain can wait but I can’t, said Indira to a mob in Bihar.
The rain took over the roads; all Indira could see were muddy tracks. She marched forward unflinchingly.
No vehicle can go ahead; an elephant can be of use, said a local who saw Indira walking on waist-deep muddy track. ?Elephant it is then, replied Indira.
People lit their torches and came running towards Indira as she reached Belchi. The fire from those torches could remind India that the Iron Lady is not going to get bogged down.
She listened to the people, offered her condolences and empathised with them. People saw a mother, a protector in her. This gave Indira the break she was in need of.
Not in the Prime Minister’s office but to get back in people’s heart after all she did something, which no man could have thought of doing ? Emergency.
This incident gave Indira a larger than life projection in the hearts of Indians. She was back in power in Loksabha elections in 1980 with a whooping majority of 374 seats, result of which she again became the Prime Minister of India, for the final time.
At 67, her own bodyguards assassinated Gandhi in 1984.
Nagpur News
Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
Dr Kavita Chandak
Homeopath from Nagpur Dr Kavita Chandak, who has two Golden Book Of World Records for treating kidney disorders and success in a case of Mucor mycosis in her name, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 based on the theme, Homeopathy in 21st century at San Antonio in United States.
In society, we get to see many cases where child born with mental or physical defects such as congenital heart defects, mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, Cleft palate, ADHD, Autism etc. though born from healthy parents. What could be the reason behind it?
Could homeopathy offer something for it? Dr. Chandak will deliver a 90 minutes session on March 26 on ‘Advancing a Healthier Generation with Homeopathy: Preventative measures for healthy birth and treatment approaches for unimpaired growth.’
She will throw light on the pre-birth causes in mother disturbing the birth of healthy baby creating mental and physical defects as well the preventive measures for initiating the creation of strong generation with Homeopathy.
Dr Chandak is an international trainer and speaker who has specialised in autism, psychiatric and behavioural disorders, kidney diseases and cancer. She has authored eight books and 294 health articles. She will be a keynote speaker in upcoming international congresses of Russia, Romania, Greece and the World Congress of Homeopathy, Colombia.
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Dipen Agrawal
Dr Dipen Agrawal, President – Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade (CAMIT) has been nominated as member in Central Goods & Service Tax Grievance Redressal Committee (CGST GRC) Nagpur Zone.
At the outset Dr Dipen Agrawal while thanking Ramchandra Sankhla Chief Commissioner CGST, Vijay Rishi Commissioner Nagpur – 1 and Shri Abhay Kumar Commissioner Nagpur – 2 for giving representation to CAMIT in the recently reconstituted GRC for Nagpur Zone, said, the GRC has enabled revenue officers to have first-hand feedback on various policy initiatives undertaken by government. It also helped in ironing out the difficulties faced by trade in implementing provisions of GST, and to make GST a Grievance-free System of Taxation.
Dr Dipen Agrawal has appealed to fellow traders to forward/share their issues on [email protected] so as to get them addressed in the GRC Meetings. Active and quality participation of trade and professional associations in the committee will achieve the goals of resolving all grievances and issues faced by the tax collectors i.e. traders.
GRC is a platform to voice their grievances including procedural difficulties and IT related issues pertaining to GST and redressal at local level added Dr Agrawal.
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Ahead of the C20 meet, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has spent a staggering ₹20 crore on the lighting of trees on both sides of the roads of airport road, Wardha Road, Walker’s Street, airport road to RBI Square to name a few.
Also, over one lakh nails were hammered on 3000 trees for the installation of lights leaving several activists and residents irked. The C20 meet is scheduled for March 20 and 21 where hundreds of participants from 20 countries would be arriving in the city for a summit.
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Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
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