Over the past two weeks I have had to field several calls from Pakistani TV channels seeking a comment on...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
No Silence, Please
To be honest, we do not exactly have a pressing reason or provocation to assess the performance of UPA-II exactly...
Seconderabad
Big cities have been the object of political greed and envy through the history of mankind. In older times, cities...
His Af, Our Pak
Just when the three basic postulates of India’s post-Cold War geostrategic position were becoming established comes the game-changer. How does...
Tearing Down Narasimha Rao
Justice Liberhan has delivered only two real surprises in his report. It is also entirely understandable why only one has...
Our Faff-Pak Policy
My alma mater of 12 wonderful years in journalism, India Today, just came out with a provocative idea on its...
Opportunity, Made In China
The China Factor has staged a dramatic comeback in our minds, hearts, in public debate and, regrettably, as a negative...
The Maha Crater
This is obviously not my year for catching up with a drought. It is not as if the facts, or...
The Idea Of Indira
What makes it even more challenging to understand a personality like Indira Gandhi even 25 years after her passing is...
Stop Fighting The 1962 War
The sixties have been the most dangerous decade for independent India. It saw two full-scale wars (China 1962, Pakistan 1965),...