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Shekhar Gupta: Justice with judiciousness

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

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

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: The WhatsApp governance

After sharp shifts on strategic policies, demonetisation without data, debate, de-risking or war gaming marks Mr Modi's governing style

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

Shekhar Gupta: Kitney Pakistani Thhey?

More the better, and better dead than alive. When journalism is reduced to touching simplicities, it begins to self-destruct

Shekhar Gupta: Nawaz Sharif- Twice bitten, not shy

He knows he isn't the only one helpless. So is his army, given the near-impossibility of a coup in 2016

Shekhar Gupta: End of history, beginning of history

India's declared strikes have questioned the sanctity of the LoC, raised the nuclear threshold and redefined strategic restraint

Shekhar Gupta: Pakistani Army's delusion and self-destruction

Pakistan's military is a formidable force that has consistently failed its country. The problem is nobody in Pakistan can dare question it