Having questioned, criticised and even ridiculed them all this while, you now have to begin sympathising with the Left. While...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Parliament Lament
One of the most abiding stories from my reporting years is Nawaz Sharif asking me, in complete, child-like innocence, how...
Snap Out Of The Big Fat Greek Depression, Cut the Medal Crap/Trap
It may not be the most convincing point to make this morning but this is by no means our worst...
A Bharatiya Janata Pity
If there is one area of governance history would give the NDA good marks for, it is foreign policy. The...
They asked us to crawl, We gave them our spine
We all, obviously, pray for the safe return of our hostages in Iraq. Meanwhile, the questions the episode raises can...
Borderline Headline
Isn’t it funny, and happily so, how much economics dominates our political thought processes these days compared to, say, a...
Playing With Water – No, Fire
The SYL mess matches the Rubaiya disaster in its scale of govt incompetence. And in its unmasking of a political...
UPA needs an MBA (Coalition)
Sonia Gandhi has probably not forgotten her favourite line on the NDA. This government, she used to say, will fall...
It’s the Broker AND the Farmer
In the scorchingly volatile evolution of the post-election politico-economic debate, a fascinating new question has emerged, particularly after the market...
PM as Political Manmohan
Prime minister Manmohan Singh unflinchingly makes two confessions to those calling on him since he took up the top job....