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Shekhar Gupta: Zakir Naik, the misinterpreter of maladies

The gentle, rock-star televangelist is dangerous as young Muslims can be swayed by his interpretations of Islam and justify victimhood and extremism

Shekhar Gupta: Modi's talent account deficit

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

Shekhar Gupta: Hypocrisies of History

Modi, powered by 282, relative youth and an uncluttered mind, has completed the post-Cold War correction in foreign policy begun by Narasimha Rao

Shekhar Gupta: Stink-tank strategies

In stinking new politics, thieves get away, as mud-slinging and dirty tricks become weapons of mass self-destruction

Shekhar Gupta: Brexit ripples

We are erring in taking a one-dimensional view of Brexit by limiting our concerns to its implications for financial markets. Its political fallout can be way more far-reaching and serious

Shekhar Gupta: Modi is our most Nehruvian PM since Nehru

If Narendra Modi's worldview is truly at variance with Nehru's, we are still looking for evidence, at least on economic and foreign policies

Shekhar Gupta: Why BJP has more lessons to learn about governance

Post-assembly polls, Narendra Modi should not miss the opportunity to change course and discourse, from combat to governance

Five predictable results make for an uncertain 2019

BJP's leadership has earned itself a post-Bihar reprieve, but it hasn't brought them a more convincing nationwide claim in 2019

Shekhar Gupta: Return of the angels

Aims of social justice and purge of Brahminism achieved, Dravidian politics has dumped atheism as freebies are the new god

Shekhar Gupta: Guns, thieves & ghosts

We get tangled up in our own crooked web on purchases, and the murky arms bazaar knows it

Shekhar Gupta: Writings on the Bengal wall

Reading the realigning colours of political India

We need a broad alliance to stop the poisonous thinking of the BJP: Nitish Kumar

Interview with chief minister, Bihar

Shekhar Gupta: Whispers in Despatches

In old power capitals, gossip and rumour are more convincing than fact. Durbari Delhi is no different

Shekhar Gupta: Assam's 35-year saffronisation

RSS changed Assam's political fault line from anti-outsider to anti-migrant to anti-Muslim infiltrator, and simply borrowed leadership from other parties

Shekhar Gupta: Budget 2016 shows Modi is a reformer in retreat

The loss in Bihar has forced a change in NDA's market positioning

Shekhar Gupta: When proxy comes to shove

The attack is on Arun Jaitley, but the target is Narendra Modi - so watch next four weeks to see how the PM responds

Shekhar Gupta: I, me, myself, to the power of three

The political price of Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal referring to themselves in the third person

Shekhar Gupta: Rajbala Vs State of Haryana = No more Pakori Lals

Why I disagree with Supreme Court's clearance of a Haryana law stipulating literacy, solvency and hygiene qualifications to contest panchayat elections

Shekhar Gupta: Democracy by Danda

That's how our politics is with no inner-party democracy. That's why we should listen to Hilary Benn speech

Shekhar Gupta: Don't smile too much, Congress

The post-Bihar "revival" of the Congress is limited to the front pages - the party's secular decline has not been reversed