On the day Obama arrives in New Delhi, the question you are most likely to hear is, can/will this presidential...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Athletes can’t run
On the day of the CWG badminton finals, I ran into Ashwini Nachappa, former track star who was once called,...
And a Gold for Delhi
You should have been at the boxing stadium in New Delhi’s Talkatora sports complex this Thursday evening. There wasn’t an...
The India Verdict
P Chidambaram says the media is over-analysing the Ayodhya judgment. He is right for the simple reason that this is...
We Just Won the Gold
If you look at bare facts, the end of our most brilliant monsoon in a decade ushers in an even...
A Midnight Call From Pak And A Lesson In AFSPA
I think almost two decades have passed since this happened, I can probably declassify this nugget from my past years...
Go, Or Get Going
Here is a three-question quiz for the top leadership of the Congress party. One, do you want Rahul Gandhi to...
United Regressive Alliance
It is always challenging to be an observer of politics and government in this city. It is also never boring....
The Leftovers
My favourite on our wall displaying The Indian Express front pages, recording the major turning points in this newspaper’s 75-year...
A Different Accord
As anniversaries go, Rajiv Gandhi’s 67th would not sound particularly extraordinary, in some sort of commemorative terms, not like a...