Lal Bahadur Shastri  

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of Independent India. Read his quotes that have inspired the nation.
 

 In an exclusive with Mynation on World Sanskrit Day, Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University has said the ancient language can augment prospects of an atmanirbhar Bharat.
 

 Sanskrit can play an important role to realize the dream of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”: Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University 

If one were to dig the archives of the All India Radio, interviews of prominent personalities ranging from Pearl S Buck to George Harrison would emerge. Along with it, recordings of speeches made by freedom fighters like Subhash Chandra Bose, or public addresses delivered by stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr B. R. Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Sarojini Naidu, etc. would emerge as well. In many ways, the All India Radio has been a chronicler and preserver of Indian history. On World Radio Day, let’s take a look at some of the most historic broadcasts aired by AIR in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

As the nation remembers former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 54th death anniversary, here a few lesser known facts about him. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a three day visit to Thailand and will participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Defence minister Rajnath Singh paid tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri in Uzbekistan. For all the top stories of the day, watch MyNation in 100 seconds. 
 

Defence minister Rajnath Singh is in Tashkent for a meeting with Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. He paid tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri in Uzbekistan. 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi often known as Mahatma Gandhi is one who stood his ground for peace and non violence. Lal Bahadur Shastri is known for his honesty and compassion. These two leaders have taught us life lessons that hold true irrespective of time. 

Along with Gandhi Jayanti, October 2 also marks the birth anniversary of the second prime minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Political leaders including President Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and others paid tributes at Vijay Ghat.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in Varanasi during his day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency to launch the BJP's countrywide membership drive. Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has been granted one month parole to organise her daughter’s wedding. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds

Fearlessly, he told us about all his social media campaigns and his thinking behind it. His response to people who call him a troll, his response to media houses who call him a right-wing activist. He told us about his journey as a social activist since college days.

Prime Minister of the period when India signed a peace pact with Pakistan after the 1965 war, Shastri returned to India the next week dead. From the tell-tale signs on the body, it did not appear that the death was natural. Yet, the caretaker government of the time and the full-fledged government of the Congress that followed ordered neither an investigation nor even a post-mortem of the body.

I am not a film buff; I rarely go to cinemas. So don’t expect any critical review of the filmmaker’s craft. But I would urge you to go and experience it in a cinema hall surrounded by people immersed in its fast paced narrative.