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Shekhar Gupta: Justice with judiciousness

While the judiciary remains our most trusted institution, it should debate its internal health

Budget 2018: Imprints of a govt unsure of second term with clear majority

Arun Jaitley's fifth Budget has the fingerprints of a worried, impatient government not as sure of a second term with a clear majority; thankfully, it is not irresponsible

Shekhar Gupta: When Modi goes to the mountain

Nice speech, but this world wants to see hard power, not counsel. India's 'rise' at Davos remains, as usual, talk among Indians who fill halls at India sessions while the world still gives it a miss

Shekhar Gupta: Young, restless, jobless & left out

If exit polls are right, which they should be as Yogendra Yadav says so, Mr Modi will win. The 27 per cent headstart of 2014 is handy but there is fraying of the wall

Shekhar Gupta: Hanging by a sacred thread

Rahul Gandhi is playing to the BJP's Hindutva strengths. It's a blunder his dad too committed, and the party's never recovered

Shekhar Gupta: Dada don't preach

Pranab Mukherjee is the 'Bhishma Pitamah' of Indian public life. The third volume of his political memoir is self-serving, hides too much and uses uncharacteristic innuendo

Shekhar Gupta: There is something in the air

It isn't what you think. Political winds haven't shifted yet. But the air is thick with doubts, economic stress is hurting and for the first time since his rise in 2013, the PM is fighting back

Shekhar Gupta: Do minorities matter?

The govt will keep minorities safe, better their social conditions, but may not let them share power

Shekhar Gupta: Keeper of India's family silver

Naresh Chandra was no ordinary patriot. Big-hearted problem-solver, he had the trust of nine PMs

Shekhar Gupta: A case for dehyphenated liberalism

Liberal on society and economy, rigid on security. Downside: will be trolled by both, Left and Right

K P S Gill: The superior cop

K P S Gill was never armed with more than his swagger stick. Yet, he always fought to win

Shekhar Gupta: Three sports stories

Not for sports pages. Their essence isn't sport, but power. And how failure to use it ruins a sport

Shekhar Gupta: Insecurity within

NDA's internal security score now weaker than UPA's; may hit Modi's momentum despite strong messages

Shekhar Gupta: When a national party dumps nationalism

Captain scored a point by taking on Canada's ministers but Modi may use opening better than Congress

Shekhar Gupta: Writings On The UP Wall-I

Aspiration is turning into desperation. Nobody has much hope in an era of new Hindu Rate of Growth

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: The Power of One

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