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Shekhar Gupta: It isn't the economy, genius

Flurry of economic reform suggests Modi realises his muscular nationalism script is getting jaded. Chances are he'll try for economic recovery but stick to what's worked so far

Shekhar Gupta: A new case for peace with Pakistan

If India thinks it's caught in an awful two-front situation, the picture is more challenging for Pakistan. It can continue fighting India and become a protectorate of China

Shekhar Gupta: Indian judiciary and law of Habeas Porcus

It's the prime responsibility of judiciary to ensure our liberty and habeas corpus is the usual route. But 'bail, not jail' is being murdered and cremated routinely

Shekhar Gupta: Politics takes economic turn

New ideological battle lines have been drawn in Indian politics and they're on economic terrain. It is change for good

Shekhar Gupta: Finally, a BJP Budget

The ones so far were all Congress+ to Congress+++

Shekhar Gupta: Yogi soars, UP sinks

Uttar Pradesh under Yogi has seen little change for the better. But his personal political fortunes have soared enough to compete for attention with Modi

Shekhar Gupta: Why Modi is in retreat on farm laws

Farm reform could've been high point of Modi's second term. But lack of patience, understanding and contempt for history have turned it into a disaster

Punjab's real problem: The loss of its entrepreneurial impulse

Punjab, once India's richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. It needs to get off the paddy-wheat-MSP high and rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse

Retrospective restraint: Pranab's last memoir hides more than it tells

It avoids real political issues, refuses to go into details, hides more than it tells, and is therefore a big let-down

Governance vs popularity: Modi may be popular but India seems to be sliding

Modi's popular, BJP's winning elections but India has slipped on many key development indices. This will begin to hurt soon

Does 'too much democracy' hold back economic growth? The world may differ

Is there such a thing as too much democracy? The history of economic and democratic growth coincides in almost all parts of the world

Modi's dilemma: Will farmer protests be his Thatcher or Anna Hazare moment?

Modi can retreat like Manmohan Singh did under pressure from Anna movement, or push farm reforms in Thatcher style. His choice will determine national politics going ahead

'Holy warrior' Khadim Hussain Rizvi is dead. But his mass appeal lives on

The Pakistani establishment's need for convenient instruments like him hasn't disappeared. They will find another Rizvi

In believing there would be no war, Modi made a 'Nehruvian half-blunder'

Modi assumed Chinese won't be a military threat and risk their economic interests, so defence spending could wait. He was only half right

Shekhar Gupta: 5 reasons for crisis in global Islam

If millions of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege

Fear of a rampant China, brings India and US in a strategic embrace

India and the US are in a full embrace. Old hypocrisies are history and supreme national interest has once again driven a strategic choice

The TRP trap: Media seems to have hit the self-destruct button

A weakened media at war with itself is an ideal situation for the establishment to step in

Suspect all, fix all: A mindset that begins at the top, trickles across

It's not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a 'we suspect all' mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?

India needs to forget divisive politics for a while; onus only on Modi govt

India is facing intense, multiple, intertwined crises and needs political space and confidence. It is up to Modi and his govt to create them

Shekhar Gupta: America first

It doesn't matter that Kamala Harris is half-Indian. What Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics