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Shekhar Gupta: Pakistan has pulled the trigger on itself

Pakistan has taken too much of a chance with Pulwama - with the wrong government in India, and at the wrong time

Shekhar Gupta: Modi's slipping on the Rafale slope

All the Modi govt needed to do was come clean on Rafale - we dismissed bureaucratic objections as we wanted deal done quickly for IAF

Modi's fate: Between magic, math & Maya

Surveys say BJP will fall far short of a majority. We lay out six factors that will determine who will be our next PM and who won't

Shekhar Gupta: A Shiv ji ki baraat without a groom

India is mushrooming with Deve Gowda wannabes because being a former prime minister is better than being a former chief minister

Shekhar Gupta: Rahul Gandhi needs votes, not just retweets

His 'hate-Modi' campaign might hurt BJP but won't win votes for Congress because it doesn't know what its base is

Shekhar Gupta: The year that changed the 2019 race

Twelve months have rewritten India's political script and Lok Sabha elections this summer will see a real contest

Shekhar Gupta: 10 rude lessons for BJP

The humility with which the BJP deals with these 10 lessons will determine the outcome of 2019

Shekhar Gupta: India gets a National Security Adviczar

Ajit Doval is now India's all-powerful security boss. This concentration of power disrupts our layered security system

Shekhar Gupta: Reverse sting in the media tale

News of the death of Indian journalism is fake. But it is scary that the richest media owners can't spot a 'Bunty Aur Babli' type con

Shekhar Gupta: Time to strike the gavel

Judges are squabbling, popular confidence in the institution is frayed and the executive is poised to bury the hatchet: In its back. Can an exhausted judiciary fight back?

That 272-or-bust feeling: Modi is fighting to retain BJP's majority

Modi is a constant campaigner. His focus on the Congress may have looked over the top but there is a purpose to his excess

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