Nitin sardesai biography of mahatma gandhi

In politics, never write off anyone. A few months ago, I was invited by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader, and politician of the moment, K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) to his residence for an Andhra (oops, Telangana!) lunch. Tied up with other work, I frankly did not make an effort to keep the date. The fact that KCR’s party just has two MPs, including KCR, may have influenced my decision. In Delhi’s power equations, two MPs make you almost irrelevant: lunch with KCR, honestly, seemed a waste of time. Today, KCR has proved the power of one, forcing the Centre to blink after going on a 11-day fast over his demand for a separate state of Telangana.

The demand is not new. Nor is the student agitation. In 1969, more than 300 students were killed while agitating for a separate state. Long before KCR, there was Dr M. Chenna Reddy, who eventually allowed his separatist urges to be dissolved by his ambition to be Andhra chief minister. KCR too, has been a political n

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A son remembers his father

A recent piece on my late father in the Wisden India Almanac was titled Luck by Talent. And that, perhaps, exemplifies Dilip Sardesai’s story. My father at the age of 17 had never played on a turf wicket in his life. He was born in Goa and played all his cricket in Goa, which at the time was ruled bygd the Portuguese. So he had absolutely no cricketing legacy to speak of. Yet four years later, he was playing cricket for India having moved to Mumbai at the age of 17. And just think about it, India had never before nor since, produced a Goa-born cricketer. To my mind, it exemplifies the kind of journey that my father had to make. He often used to tell me, “You have got it all. You have got the facilities. You have got the legacy. You have got the opportunity. But my friend, you don’t have the talent and you don’t have the fire in the belly.” And he was right. To man it to the top, you need a fire in the belly. In 1962, my father went to the West Indies as

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MNS leader Nitin Sardesai questioned bygd ED in IL&FS loan case

He was questioned for several hours in connection with Kohinoor CTNL and money trail of the loan disbursed by the now bankrupt IL&FS to Kohinoor CTNL, the official said.

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The case pertains to alleged irregularities in loan disbursal by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) to Kohinoor CTNL.

Kohinoor CTNL has developed Kohinoor Square, a high-rise at Dadar in Central Mumbai.

According to the tjänsteman, Sardesai was one of the partners of Matoshree Realtors, which had invested Rs 4 crore in the project.

Sardesai held 10 per cent share in investment done by Matoshree Realtors, he said.

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After recording his statement in connection with the probe, ED officials allowed him to go, he said.

Sardesai did not speak to reporters waiting out the ED office.

Earlier, Thackeray, Unmesh Joshi, son of former chief minister and senior Shiv Se