Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)

In a week full of really spectacular news on the infrastructure front ‘the resolution of the Narmada fasts, the clearance...

Arjun Singh, we are told by his fans in the Congress, possesses one sharp political brain. L.K. Advani, his disciples...

 The direct gains from the India-US nuclear agreement, legitimisation of India’s nuclear weapons, the end of the high-tech apartheid and...

Explaining the last round of his half-yearly credit policies, RBI governor Y V Reddy had used an interesting expression, “baby...

The latest turn in the nuclear issue, with India’s top scientists going public with their concerns and insecurities, has brought...

I must begin this week’s National Interest with a note of apology. Who, but the most incorrigible party-pooper would begin...

So now we know what exactly it takes for our politicians to make common cause, sinking their differences, prejudices, competitive...

Finally, in this session we have begun to see glimpses of some of the old-style parliamentary brilliance. First, there was...

NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its...

Politics in India is in grave danger of being trivialised by yet another factor’psephology. If every electoral verdict were to...