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पिछले सप्ताह मैं नरेन्द्र मोदी के साथ चेन्नई में तमिल पत्रिका ‘तुगलक‘ के वार्षिक कार्यक्रम में भाग लेने गया था। क्या था! कुछ अन्य ही पत्रकार शायद इतने लोग जुटा सकते हैं। यदि चेन्नई में ‘तुगलक‘ घर-घर में जाना जाने वाला नाम है। तो चो रामास्वामी देशभर के बुध्दिजीवियों में सुप्रसिध्द और आदरणीय नाम है।

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श्री आर. के. मेहरा, उनके सुपुत्र कपिश मेहरा और रुपा पब्लिकेशनस् द्वारा 11 खण्डों के ‘इनसायक्लोपीडिया ऑफ हिंदुज्म‘ का प्रकाशन करने पर हार्दिक अभिनन्दन, जिसे ‘हिन्दुस्तान टाइम्स‘ में समीक्षक इंद्रजीत हाजरा ने ‘विचारों के इतिहास और उसकी गहराई में रुचि रखने वालों के लिए यह आश्चर्यों से भरा खजाना है‘ के रुप में वर्णित किया है।

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Last week I was in Chennai along with Narendra Modi to participate in Tamil magazine Tughlak’s anniversary function. And what a function it was! Few other journals can draw such large crowds. If Tughlak is a household name in Chennai, Cho Ramaswami also is a name well known and well respected among intellectuals all over the country.

In Cho, we find perfect harmony between Tamil pride and unflinching Indian nationalism. 

Tughlak was launched more than four decades back on Pongal Day. So this year’s 14^th January was Tughlak’s 42^nd Click to Read More

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Hearty kudos to R.K. Mehra, his son Kapish Mehra and Rupa Publications for having published their 11-volume set of Encyclopedia of Hinduism, which Indrajit Hazra, the reviewer of these volumes has described in the Hindustan Times as “a startlingly good treasure trunk for any one interested in the history of ideas to dip into.”

Hazra quotes R.K. Mehra telling him that he considers the Encyclopedia to be “the most important publication of his career.”  The H.T. has displayed the review prominently under the bold heading: “Hinduism is an Intellectual System, not a Religion”.

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दो दिन पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री डॉ0 मनमोहन सिंह ने, देश के अग्रणी हिन्दी दैनिक जागरण के संस्थापक पूर्णचन्द्र गुप्त की जन्म शताब्दी के अवसर पर एक डाक टिकट जारी किया। अवसर था: 2 जनवरी, 2012, श्री गुप्त की जयन्ती का।

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सन् 2011 के अंतिम महीनों में मैं जनचेतना यात्रा पर था। उसके चलते मैंने ब्लॉग लिखने से छुट्टी ले ली थी। सन् 2012 के पहले शुरूआती महीने में मैं फिर से ब्लॉग शुरू कर रहा हूं। यहां यह स्मरण कराना समीचीन होगा कि 1957 में दूसरे आम चुनावों के बाद मैं राजस्थान में स्वतंत्रता के पश्चात् का पहला दशक बिताने के बाद दिल्ली आया था।

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Two days back the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Puran Chandra Gupta, founder of Dainik Jagaran, a leading Hindi daily of the country. The occasion: January 2, 2012 was the late journalist’s birth centenary.

Asserting that freedom of the press was a must for the growth of Indian democracy, the P.M. asked media organizations to devise a mechanism to promote objectivity and curb sensationalism. “In my opinion”, Dr. Manmohan Singh said, “there is a general consensus in our country that no outside control should be imposed on the media”

The Prime Minister also launched on the occasion a biography of Puran Chandra Click to Read More

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It was in the last quarter of 2011 that I undertook my Jan Chetna Yatra. I discontinued for a while, therefore, blogging. In this first quarter of the year 2012, I am resuming my blogs. It would be in place to recall that my shifting from Rajasthan, where I spent my first post-partition decade, to Delhi took place after the Second General Election of 1957.

It was in this election that Shri Vajpayee had been first elected to the Lok Sabha.

Party General Secretary and our chief Party ideologue, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya wanted me to set up the party’s parliamentary office and assist the small group of MPs the party had.  Since then I have been closely associated with the party’s Click to Read More

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