Bharat Ratna

  • C.N.R. Rao being congratulated by students after being conferred the Bharat Ratna

    Photograph by PTI

  • Crown a Career

    A magnificent orator, both from the pulpit, and from the opposition and (for 6+ years) treasury benches; the one politician everyone, even the vituper...

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  • BJP workers celebrate after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Bharat Ratna, in Lucknow.

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  • BJP workers celebrate after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Bharat Ratna, in Ranchi .

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  • President Pranab Mukherjee arrives to confer the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vajpayee...

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  • =President Pranab Mukherjee arrives to confer the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union m...

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  • President Pranab Mukherjee conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence, in New Delhi.

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  • File photo of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was honoured with the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna at a ceremony at his residence, in New Delhi.

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  • In Decoration

    Can the doyen of the study and research in chemistry in India act the fan with Sachin? That too at the Bharat Ratna award ceremony? For all we know, C....

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  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves after paying floral tribute to the statue of Madan Mohan Malaviya in Varanasi.

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  • A File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi in October 12, 2001.

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  • BJP leader L K Advani with Congress party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jairam Ramesh paying floral tributes to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on his birth anniversary, at Central Hall...

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  • School students, dressed up as Santa Claus, make paintings of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He has been chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, in Mumbai.

    PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar

  • File photo of educationist and freedom fighter late Madan Mohan Malviya with his family members at his residence in Allahabad.

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  • People offer floral tribute to late Madan Mohan Malviya's statue after the announcement that he will be conferred with Bharat Ratna in Allahabad.

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  • Combo: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.

    Combo: Left (PIB Photo)

  • When I Call, You Must Run

    The ability to listen is a science too. The two ratnas give each other court with an air of easy bonhomie, like they genuinely enjoy batting ...

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  • President Pranab Mukherjee confers legendary cricketer SachinTendulkar with country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

    PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan

  • His Head Is Golden

    After a long time, a scientist has been chosen for the Bharat Ratna—chemist C.N.R. Rao, an international expert in material science. At least, not...

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  • Bharat Ratna C.N.R. Rao wearing a mysore peta presented by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, with wife at his residence in Bengaluru.

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  • Boorish Bharat Ratnas
    Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar do not deserve the Bharat Ratna and both have misused their fame.
    Jul 24, 2016
    | Aakar Patel
  • A rare file photo of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Narendra Modi at Somnath temple (Gujarat)
    Let's Not Forget
    The Bharat Ratna cannot be taken very seriously. But the notion that Vajpayee was the good cop to Advani's bad cop (dove and hawk) is entirely bogus.
    Dec 29, 2014
    | Aakar Patel
  • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets veteran BJP leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 89th birthday
    Why Vajpayee Should Get The Bharat Ratna
    When it comes to national icons, the BJP's cupboard is utterly bare. It is in the country's interest they should have at least one.
    Dec 25, 2013
    | Vinod Mehta
  • Bhimsen Joshi Hazir Ho
    The State wants to be the grand jury, playing patron like the old nawabs and rajas. But art is a sovereign nation... and just how do you summon a king to the court?
    Nov 12, 2008
    | Sunil Menon
  • Bhimsen Joshi
    It was a cold winter morning, way back in the 1990s. Outlook photo editor T. Narayan ended up capturing some music on his camera.
    Nov 06, 2008
    | T. Narayan
  • All photos by T. Narayan
    'A Voice Like A Buffalo Calf With A Cold'
    'I told him he had no future as a singer... He lived in my house for a while. I would pay him a tenner or two for running errands and then he suddenly disappeared one day...'
    Nov 06, 2008
    | Kumar Prasad Mukherji
  • Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi
    Is it a case of better late than never? The ailing 86-year old is the first Hindustani classical vocalist to be so honoured with India's highest civilian award
    Nov 05, 2008
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • An Extraordinary Choice
    Would the Indian state ever dare to make a mature and daring choice as it once did by picking Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya for Bharat Ratna alongside Jawaharlal Nehru and Bhagawan Das?
    Jan 28, 2008
    | Sugata Srinivasaraju
  • The Padma Awards
    No Bharat Ratna as expected, but as many as 13 Padma Vibhushans, including many contenders for the top civilian award including Sachin Tendulkar, Vishy Anand, Ratan Tata, E. Sreedharan, while Pranab Mukherjee is the sole politician to have sneaked in
    Jan 26, 2008
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  • What's Wrong With Bismillah Khan?
    Khan sahib will leave behind a legacy of irresponsibility and opportunism, and this will probably be remembered more than his own art. This is what hurts. But does any one care?
    Aug 19, 2003
    | Vishwa Mohan Badola
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