From the CMP to the president’s address and now to the prime minister’s first address to the nation you see...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Step Out, There’s Fresh Air
Isn’t it fascinating how even in such a globalising world it’s foreign policy that is now emerging as a more...
It’s Manmohanomics, Manmohan
An essay in the latest Economist (May 29-June 4) that raises the question, “Who put the shine into India?” should...
Best Bakery vs Upper Crust
A full fortnight after the results, you can’t be blamed for being confused as to what this verdict was about...
Mr Vajpayee’s high ground, Mrs Gandhi’s road ahead
It’s always so easy to tell the loser what he did wrong. But you can’t do that to Atal Behari...
The results are in
One remarkable feature of this election is how punditry has been entirely hijacked by pollsters, psephologists and statisticians. No quibble...
Seizure in the heartland
If you thought our politics was now driven by bijli sadak pani, hop into a car, switch gears, adjust your...
Poll notes of a limo liberal
View from Rajasthan’s ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory If you laugh at parachute reporters,...
Konark & fibre-glass ducks
My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page...
New Delhi, New Voter
You ask somebody from the Congress or the BJP what will happen in the coming elections and the answer is...