This is a story from the summer of 1996 that I had salted away for my memoirs, but am tempted...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Three Steps Backwards
You do not have to be a political pundit to guess what Sonia Gandhi will be asking herself once the...
Stirrings in a Hopeless Land
Nobody goes to Bihar too often. Actually, nobody goes there unless he or she has to. No surprise then that...
Mumbai Shanghaied to Patna
Just a drive around Patna could help you see the ongoing slum demolition controversy in Mumbai in a comprehensive perspective....
It’s Politics, Stupid
If you read the editorials in the pink press they all seem to have major quibbles with this week’s announcement...
Falling off the Davos Map
You have to give it to the Chinese for not beating around the bush when it comes to the big...
Gennext is Gennow
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of...
Show them the money
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates...
Mr Dixit, I Presume
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for...
The Mind of the Insider
P.V. Narasimha Rao was the first serving prime minister I got to meet one-on-one in my reporting days and I...