All of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s critics are unanimous that irrespective of how good or bad the times, he looks...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Them versus them
The idea that there are two Indias is not new. For intellectual convenience, one is called India, the other Bharat....
Ears wide shut
One problem with anger, particularly at such a mass level as we have seen lately, is that it makes us...
A Retreat to reform
Elsewhere in this newspaper this morning, Senior Assistant Editor D.K. Singh, one of India’s sharpest political journalists, underlines the import...
Nagpur, We have a problem
One of the walls in my office displays a selection of the most devastating works of E.P. Unny, now India’s...
1962, A Different Story
It is a sad but touching fact that nations and militaries tend to have stronger, more durable memories of their...
First Family, Second Nature
Usually, every time you start asking if the Congress party has lost its political instinct, it pulls off something entirely...
Vajpayees Atal
Here is one way you can put the life of Brajesh Mishra in context. If you asked the top leadership...
The Isro Spy Case Test
This week saw the return of a voice, and face, from a distant past in our headlines: former Indian Space...
The Mulayam Touch
Has Mulayam Singh Yadav gone gaga with age? Is he acting in dread of the CBI? Has he, the most...