National Interest

Indo-Pacific Framework plans to be based on national interest: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity is being proposed and India will take its decisions based on the national interest

Prez Kovind in farewell speech asks parties to rise above partisan politics

Kovind emphasised the value of peace and harmony, saying people have a right to oppose and create pressure to pursue their goals, but their methods must be Gandhian.

Sack of the Hindu caravan

Not just Congress but all 'secular' parties like SP, RJD and BSP, which are frustrated with current arrangement under the Modi-Shah BJP, need to answer one question: How did you lose your Hindu vote?

Self-interest policy

It is naive to expect nations to let their strategic choices be determined by morality. Nations act only in their own interests. All else comes later

Shekhar Gupta: Nota for 1984 - Why AAP lost Punjab

AAP lost because it took a communal view of the state, stirred old anger, and embraced radicals

Shekhar Gupta: Back to a future we buried

Indian cricket has risen because of small-town, aggressive players who are superior to past stars

Shekhar Gupta: A wake-up call at home

Much of the pre-2014 peace in our hotspots is diminished. Kashmir is the boil, Northeast anarchic

Shekhar Gupta: Writings on the Punjab wall

Voters don't care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force

Shekhar Gupta: Of the tweeple, by the tweeple, for the tweeple

Social media can be dangerous if it replaces traditional governance, politics or debate

Shekhar Gupta: One belt, one road to world leadership

China's superpower goals are known. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically

Shekhar Gupta: Read my lips, forget the camera

Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling

Shekhar Gupta: Strong arm, over the cricket

Market forces have bred Indian sport. Fixing ills with a sledgehammer can fell a game at its peak

Shekhar Gupta: The Power of One

That's all it takes to protect an institution - just one person with no past & no greed for the future

Shekhar Gupta: Burdened with Indiranomics

The Modi government shows a fascination for rejecting everything Nehru stood for, while embracing his daughter's political economy

Shekhar Gupta: Charge of the Believer Brigade

The original promise of demonetisation has evaporated. We didn't deserve to be hit by a 1,100-volt shock just to switch to digital payments

Shekhar Gupta: The race to demonetise Modi

Demonetisation is Modi's make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won't gift pre-eminence to Congress

Shekhar Gupta: Mammaries of the Socialist Raj

The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that

Shekhar Gupta: Voter ko change pasand hai

No, it isn't change for Rs 1,000 or Rs 500 notes. It's the reason why a post-ideological majority is turning insurgent

Shekhar Gupta: Dial 2016 for Emergency

India is complacent if not complicit as in 1975-77. Dangers are bigger now as we have a clear external enemy, strong economy & feckless opposition

Shekhar Gupta: Soft power, hard battles

Soft power is not just about movies, sport, music and culture. It's also about quality of democracy and institutions, moral influence