It’s the season for us, of the older vintage in the media ‘ starting with Arun Shourie, teacher to many...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
1984 won’t end
This was Rahul’s, and in fact the Gandhi family and the Congress party’s, best opportunity to come clean. But it...
Left, Right or Standstill
In this season of conspiracy theories involving “evil” corporates, here is my humble contribution. That our greedy, thieving and cruel...
Bengal stands up to ask for more
Every teacher in a journalism school and, subsequently, every guru in a newsroom tells you one central principle: never approach...
War and Relative Peace
On a flight back home Friday morning, as I was lost reading Eagles Over Bangladesh (HarperCollins, 2013), P.V.S. Jagan Mohan...
AAP versus VIP
Something quite remarkable happened this Thursday in our political history. Unless you can remember any other time when a vote...
Our Indian Feudal Service
Indian diplomacy has a well-deserved reputation for conservative understatedness. You’ve rarely seen a professional Indian diplomat grandstanding or headline-hunting. Not...
Help Us Imagine, Rahulji
On March 14 2008, Narendra Modi and Digvijaya Singh appeared together on a panel at the India Today Conclave in...
Disarming Kashmir
First, a disclosure. Narendra Modi’s call for a fresh debate on Article 370 is not the provocation for this week’s...
Aap Ki Adalat
At the heady peak of the Anna Hazare movement in 2011, the question we were often asked was, so why...