The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has resurrected a five-year-old proposal to completely redevelop the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ). The one journalist that fit the bill is a senior editor who still works there. There was one instance where a certain minister, who was meeting an industrialist, got a call on his mobile from Modi, who demanded what he was discussing with the industrialist at a five-star hotel. Tavleen admits in her column that Tharoor is a “Lutyens’ darling”, meaning that he was one of their star members. At the Delhi-based newspaper where I worked, there was a discussion on what line we should take. In May 2017 a leading Delhi based newspaper produced a report that said 60 percent of the toilets built under the Swachch Bharat scheme lacked water and were therefore non-functional. Over a period of more than a month, this journalist filed several pieces about how great the Pakistanis were. This led to a huge confrontation – between the more balanced editors and a new anti-Modi team that is creating news tailored to fit their agenda. In 2011 when an American diplomat disgusted the entire country when she told a group of students in Chennai that after a long train journey her skin became “dark and dirty like the Tamils”, this editor defended the US diplomat in his blog, saying she did not really mean it. Lutyens' Bungalow Zone (LBZ) is spread over 26 sq km and is in close proximity to Rashtrapati Bhawan, which will house Sharma's most famous neighbour, the President of India. In almost every country when oppressive rulers or colonisers were overthrown by freedom fighters or revolutionaries, the entire country went through the wringer. That is why it is targeting the current political leadership, in particular Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who threatens to end the deeply entrenched loot culture of Lutyens’ Delhi. [6][7], The Lutyens Bungalow Zone covers an area of about 26 km2. Lutyens’ Delhi is a snakepit. They were the product of Thomas Macaulay’s English Education Act of 1835 whose sole purpose was to create a class of people who would assist the British in administering India. Meanwhile, the international media (or more accurately, the India-hating media of the English speaking countries) picks up these scraps of misinformation and soon you have usual villains such as The Economist, Washington Post and New York Times proclaiming that India is descending into fascism. ... Great Lives. At Rs 1.5 lakh per square foot, the deal is also one of the costliest in the county in the recent times. This was true of the US in 1776 after the war of independence, in Russia after the 1917 revolution, in China after the 1949 revolution and in Vietnam in 1975 after the Viet Cong defeated the Americans. Mr Prime Minister, don’t say you weren’t warned. 2) Some of the toilets may not yet have received water supply, but perhaps were about to. The supply is spread across sizes, beginning from 375 sq yards and therefore the total count is staggering. Most of these go to business journalists, but the others get a good number too. Joining him was the associate editor, who was feted like royalty by the Pakistanis. One, the current government has decided to treat journalists for what we are – journalists. The country needs a long innings from Modi to make India strong and rich again. The award wapsi (returns) drama, beef festivals, the constant drone about intolerance and the manufacturing of fake news to make the current BJP government look like a failure are all a synchronised act by deeply entrenched Lutyens’ Delhi groups who have been effectively checkmated by Modi and now are desperate to make a comeback. The insider, who is a senior editor at the paper, said secular, leftist, Christian, Muslim and plain opportunist journalists have formed networks and Whatsapp groups where the constant refrain is how to spin a particular news event to make Modi look bad. A good guess is they were monitoring the India media in real time via electronic methods. This is a classic hatchet job, with low risks. No more, no less. In the following story you will see how Lutyens’ Delhi operates and why it needs to be checked and neutralised and the nexus completely broken if India is to rise. “Why can’t we run the story?” I asked. Pakistan, easy cash and Indian journalists were also the subjects of an FBI investigation. A remedy is to go on the offensive. Also designed by Baker was the Parliament House, located on the Sansad Marg, running parallel with the Rajpath. [8][11], In December 2016, Renuka Talwar, daughter of DLF Chairman KP Singh, acquired a bungalow on Prithviraj Road for 435 crore INR in one of the biggest deals for a property in Lutyens' Delhi. The other 20 per cent were Fai’s own ideas, but which were pre-approved by the ISI. Mar 10, 2016, 13:53 PM IST I argued why we must not by presenting these arguments: Of late, Pakistani cricketers have taken to “thank the almighty Allah” in post-match interviews. Why are they always on the side of forces inimical to India, such as fundamentalist Muslims, evangelistic Christians or communists who are in the pay of the Chinese? Police said they received information at 5.40 am that a few people have gathered at Aurangzeb Lane, Tughlaq Road. LUTYENS-DELHI. The law is very clear – any mysterious death of a woman within seven years of her marriage needs to be investigated by the anti-dowry cell. Singh. More than 90 per cent of the original 1,000-odd bungalows spread over some 19 sq km are owned by the government, and … Those who live in this part of the city get so used to its salubrious surroundings that retiring bureaucrats and judges do their best to find a post retirement job to keep living in Lutyens’ Delhi. The paper had daily fixed allowance for journalists travelling overseas. With the end of British Raj, the white rulers vacated Lutyens’ Delhi. You don’t need the IB to go after them. The Rajpath, also known as King's Way, connects India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhawan, while Janpath, which crosses it at a right angle, connects South End Road (renamed as Rajesh Pilot Marg) with Connaught Place. Also, because they are conditioned by Macaulayite education to believe their own country’s religion and culture are inferior to the West’s, they suffer from a deep inferiority complex. Lutyens led a group of architects in laying out the central administrative area of the city, with the charge of retaining one-third of the area as green space. I had even come up with a headline for the story: “CNN goes ballistic on India at LoC”. Many of these administrators were little men – colonialists who descended on India with utter contempt for the people they were going … For instance, Modi has ended the practice of the Prime Minister taking the media along on a free junket on his overseas trips. They will even seek the support of the foreign media, intelligence agencies, NGOs and religious outfits to keep India down. This was not a job he enjoyed much, but several times I had heard him speak over the phone, asking that so and so relative’s visas be expedited. Those who took over control of the government of independent India — politicians and bureaucrats — moved into those lavish quarters. Think about it. Those who can't buy into the LBZ buy into the contiguous areas, like Jhor Bagh, where property prices are almost as steep as in the LBZ. The reason for blanking out the suicides was that the HT is a highly pro-Congress paper and Natwar Singh was a Gandhi-family loyalist. A number of undeserved perks have been taken away. In India they misuse free speech by attacking Hindu gods and religion, and yet they get away with it. However, they were paid obscene amounts of money. As well as having contributed for a research paper for the US Air Force, he has been cited by leading organisations, including the US Army War College, Pennsylvania; US Naval PG School, California; Johns Hopkins SAIS, Washington DC; Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC; Rutgers University, New Jersey; Institute of International and Strategic Relations, Paris; Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy, Berlin; Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk; Institute for Defense Analyses, Virginia; International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Washington DC; Stimson Centre, Washington DC; Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia; Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington DC; and BBC. New Delhi: First COVID-19 case was, on Wednesday, detected in the Lutyens' area of the national capital.Sources suggest that the person who has tested positive for the virus is a resident of an area that is close to a place of worship in the Bengali market. The bureaucracy, which facilitated British loot, now joined the political class in looting nominally free Indians. Now the thing to note is how on earth did the Americans come to know that our newspaper was going to press with the CNN story? 4) The water supply may have been denied by vested interests to make the initiative fail. It is injecting poison into the country’s body politic. Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was responsible for much of the architectural design and building during the period of the British Raj, when India was part of the British Empire in the 1920s and 1930s and 1940s. When Indian liberals and media figures attend conclaves where the agenda is India’s exit from Kashmir, you think they are doing it for free? They may come from ordinary middle class homes, but as journalists, they are used to be being treated as guests at the reasonably high table, wining and dining in the company of celebrities, industrialists and politicians. There is no real mystery to the Indian liberal’s Pakistan fixation. This is highly insulting for any self-respecting Indian. These fixers were soon joined by journalists who realised that their easy access to the political leadership and the bureaucracy could be monetised. However, trading projectiles across the LoC wasn’t news. Just two months later Natwar’s daughter Ritu Singh committed suicide. The split verdict approval by the Supreme Court to allow the redevelopment of the Central Vista may have provided relief to the government, but has left many people disappointed since it would entail changing the basic character of Lutyens’ Delhi. Now here’s where it gets really interesting. New Delhi: Sunil Vachani, chairman and managing director of Dixon Technologies, has bought a sprawling 1,250 square yard bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi for around Rs 170 crore in one of the biggest residential transactions since the lockdown, two people aware of the deal said. He was educated in the US and had even worked at American media outlets. Except by Hindustan Times – the city’s largest circulation daily. With the end of British Raj, the white rulers vacated Lutyens’ Delhi. They, therefore, disown India. So in that sense the older hubs are traditionally richer areas. The public knows it and they are tired of us. They also offer namaz on the cricket grounds, injecting an unhealthy dose of fundamentalism into sport. But that particular night we didn’t have to resort to spin as the ceasefire broke down on the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir and the guns opened up from both sides. They say Mumbai is India’s financial capital, where money is the great mover, but in reality money is more important in the national capital. Assuming an extremely conservative kickback of 1 per cent, can you imagine the payoff for the media fixer? A breach cannot be allowed. Rakesh is a globally cited defence analyst. This editor also ensured that nothing too critical was written against the US. Each one of them must have a skeleton in their closet. [9], The official residence of the Prime Minister of India is at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg a complex of five bungalows, spread over 12 acres. Or even “Somewhere in the Skies Over Washington DC”. They lived in Lutyens’ Delhi in style befitting an imperial power ruling over colonial subjects. All land and buildings in the LBZ belong to the central government, except for 254.5 acres (103.0 ha) which is in private hands. The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, also resides here. You can imagine my disappointment when I heard this. If Edwin Lutyens, the architect behind New Delhi, the Cenotaph, and the British embassy in Washington, sounds an austere, imperial figure then think again. Get all the latest news and updates on Lutyens Delhi only on News18.com. The FBI recorded 4000 emails and phone calls from his Pakistani handlers. Let’s expose CNN.” For journalists like me – used to seeing news stories get smothered because of various lobbies at work – this was great news. It didn’t matter that the copy itself was an anticlimax. 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