India’s unexpected war in Sri Lanka caught me on the wrong foot by 12, 000 km. I was still finishing...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Dead Men Talking
This is one box nobody would like to check on his CV. Not even the most battle-hardened hack. But, early...
The Congress’s Modi
Nobody doubts that Narendra Modi will be the NDA’s candidate for prime minister for 2014. The only question left is...
Dear Narendrabhai
WHY am I not addressing this appeal to adarniya Advaniji or my old friend Sushma first? Or to dear Rajnathji...
Current Accountability Deficit
Last Saturday (August 17), at a dignified little ceremony at 7, Race Course Road, the prime minister released the fourth...
Once upon a spooky time
Charbatia: Secret Base The funny and fascinating thing with spy stories is, that just when you think you’ve cracked one,...
Scared Witless
The UPA government looks increasingly like a band of nervous submariners sailing through hostile waters. They dive underwater at the...
Modi-Hit
Advertising and brand guru Alyque Padamsee has a favourite old line: I do not believe in repositioning my brand, but...
Running Debate
There is no argument that Milkha Singh is India’s most fascinating athlete ever. His is a most film-worthy story, even...
The Deformists
Nine years of UPA has had one significant impact on our political economy. Our discourse was always predominantly socialist and...