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Category: National Interest

25.082017August 25, 2017

CLUELESS IN BABALAND

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Gurmeet Ram Rahim is just the most colourful and blingy of north India’s Godmen. He is also the first one...

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18.082017August 25, 2017

PUT THE DOG DOWN

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

A Supreme Court bench faces both flak and praise for not letting a 24-year-old lead life her own way The...

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11.082017August 11, 2017

DO MINORITIES MATTER?

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Hamid Ansari’s concern over unease among Indian minorities came just after Pakistan swore in its first Hindu cabinet minister in...

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04.082017August 4, 2017

When you cry havoc, but leash the Dogs of War

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Chinese coercive diplomacy is using its official media as a weapon. They can misconstrue our selective outrage as weakness LET...

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28.072017July 28, 2017

HAMARA DESH BADAL GAYA HAI

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Why Nitish’s latest defection is actually a desertion of an ideological offering which has run its course in the new,...

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22.072017July 22, 2017

THE JUGULAR AS THE ACHILLES’ HEEL

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

China reminds us of internal vulnerabilities close to Doklam. Most can be fixed if BJP puts national interest above politics...

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17.072017July 17, 2017

KEEPER OF INDIA’S FAMILY SILVER

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Naresh Chandra (1934-2017) wasn’t an ordinary patriot. A big-hearted problem-solver, he had the trust of 9 prime ministers The description...

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08.072017July 8, 2017

BREAKING THE TWO AND A HALF FRONT SIEGE

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

A powerful nation’s Army must be able to fight on multiple fronts. The question is must it be made to...

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01.072017July 1, 2017

A CASE FOR DEHYPHENATED LIBERALISM

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Liberal on society and economy, uncompromising on national security. Downside: Will be trolled by both, Left and Right   Canada’s...

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24.062017June 24, 2017

CV AND STATURE

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

What makes one tick as Rashtrapati, and what doesn’t, is determined by the incumbent. It’s for Kovind to prove sceptics...

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