The standout news story of this week was this newspaper?s defence correspondent Manu Pubby?s on the note of regret that…
What a pleasant feeling it is writing a curtain-raiser of sorts to a new Parliament session.
First the disclaimer: no, I did not attend any of Ghulam Nabi Fai?s now infamous conferences.
Here is a question, and a proposition, rolled into one: Is Mumbai the new Calcutta? And the choice of the…
The ideological bent of the higher judiciary has never been a significant aspect of the glorious uncertainties of democratic politics…
The increasing upper crust impatience with our ?messy? democracy and the rising new, post-Jantar Mantar clamour for quick-fixes for the…
Finally, there is unanimity at least on one thing in this capital city: that this has become our most dysfunctional…
National Interest, Corruption denies, Mandal Commission report, aam admi, old Punjabi truism, columnist Shekhar Gupta
The way UPA 2 has lost authority, or what is better described in a wonderful Urdu word that defies fair…
THE rise of regional parties and leaders is no longer news. Last week?s results have brought in two phenomenally strong…
As you savour this election verdict, remember the line that the Jantar Mantar candle-light vigilantes so loved to paint on…
There are parallels in the mandates that Rajiv Gandhi?s Congress won in December 1984, and Sonia Gandhi?s UPA in May…
Some questions can have only one answer. For example, is corruption a bloody awful thing? Are you sick and tired…
Funny we still see 2012 as the most crucial year on way to the big 2014 general election, mainly because…
The first time I met Arjun Singh, he was not dealing with a real crisis. It was in Bhopal a…
The resumption of our parliamentary proceedings has coincided with the cricket World Cup. And, at least in the early rounds,…
Just a 90-minute interaction between the prime minister and the captains of electronic media in the country turned our entire…
One challenge with analysing the situation in which the UPA government finds itself in its second term is that you…
