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Category: National Interest

20.082016August 20, 2016

FASTING ACTIVISM, FEASTING FOLLOWERS

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Irom Sharmila without tubes is of no use to those who built careers around her. But she realised an activist...

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17.082016August 18, 2016

OLD GAME, NEW RULES

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

India and Pakistan have both followed a consistent policy of talk-talk, fight-fight since the Kashmir insurgency began in 1989. By...

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13.082016August 13, 2016

FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER, BUT FOR GOD’S SAKE, BE CALMER

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

No country can go from zero to hero in Olympic sports. A hundred Indians now feature in the top-25 and...

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06.082016August 6, 2016

ALCOHOL 0%, POPULISM 100% V/V

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Nitish Kumar confirms the rising phenomenon of maximum populism in Indian politics: a consensus paving the road to disaster What...

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02.082016August 2, 2016

Caste in a Racist Mould

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

There is scientific evidence now to show how caste has acquired clear racist characteristics and it is cause for alarm....

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30.072016July 30, 2016

Discourse on Delhi’s new daredevils

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Arvind Kejriwal may feel victimised by the Modi government but he is revelling in it too much, risking a constitutional...

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23.072016July 23, 2016

Hit By Contradictions – From Cow To Caste

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Why BJP can’t realize its dream of uniting with culture (Hindutva) what sociology (caste) divided All national parties claim to...

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16.072016July 16, 2016

How to Lose Your Kashmir, and Keep It Too

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

New turn reveals our ugliest underside: it’s not even about Kashmiri territory or Kashmiris, India or Pakistan. It’s now Hindu...

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09.072016July 9, 2016

Dr Zakir Naik, The Misinterpreter of Maladies

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

Zakir Naik, a gentle, rock-star televangelist, is dangerous as young Muslims can be swayed by his fundamentalist interpretations of Islam...

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02.072016July 2, 2016

Modi’s Talent Account Deficit

By Shekhar GuptaIn National Interest

A big-hearted leader finds talent wherever available and packs his team with it. Narendra Modi is yet to do this...

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