In the usually sad and tragic Hindi movies of yore, often a Johnny Walker or Mehmood appeared anytime the going...
Author: Shekhar Gupta (Shekhar Gupta)
Some lines in the desert
At Riyadh reunion, air’s thick with perfume and nostalgia; outside, the sand brings back smell of war Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
Temple Complex
The more enduring images of the night of terror at Akshardham are, actually, more stirring than tragic. My own favourite...
The tinpot looks for a kettle
It’s said in New York that the September session of the UN General Assembly is when leaders from the Third...
Ravi Kant Veerappan
Imagine, for a moment, that R.K. Sharma, wanted for the murder of Shivani, was not an inspector-general of police in...
Last night I went to Pakistan
The UN would probably never accept it as a yardstick for its human development ratings. But put this away under...
When unleaded turns leaded
When was the last time you saw a telegram? Not an e-mail, not even a telex, but the good old...
Our Pak’s Americana
Whether Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets him one-on-one or not, US Secretary of State Colin Powell will find New Delhi a...
When it rains neglect, it pours
YOU can say three things with confidence about our governments. First, they believe a crisis is best handled by pretending...
Mera Loot Mahaan
There is this very special Indian trait of reacting with smug superiority to somebody else’s problem saying this could never...