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Shekhar Gupta

Shekhar Gupta

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By Shekhar Gupta

Was Indira Gandhi right to use air power against her own countrymen?

The government gave a free hand to the Army to use the most brutal methods.

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Airlift distorts history, creates a false Indian hero

The film builds a Sunny Deol-style hyper-patriotic yarn.

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Dhirubhai Ambani, the man who made his own road

He was a unique personality who built his empire during the licence quota raj and prospered much when it was abolished.

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Why Modi shouldn't be crucified for yoga tweet

Great leaders are calm and comforting, even sometimes nonchalant.

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Nitish, not Congress, is the new Opposition: How long will it last?

The BJP has now become to national politics what Congress used to be. But Congress, within the Opposition universe, carries even less weight today than the BJP did after December 1984.

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What happened to 'sab mile huye hain', Kejriwal?

The Delhi CM's argument that he should have been informed before the raid is flawed.

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Modi is wise to return to Vajpayee's Pakistan policy

As handshakes in Paris, Bangkok and now Islamabad remind us, the basic doctrine, talk-talk/fight-fight doesn't change.

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RIP Lt-Gen VK ‘Tubby’ Nayar, the ‘hero’ of Northeast

He was tough when his troops faced battle, but generous in the extreme with Nagas of all strata.

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Inviting ISIS home: India should stay away from European Islamophobia

The problem of Islam in the Middle East is peculiar to the region.

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Bihar is not Gujarat: How Modi-Amit Shah misread 2014 verdict

It was the model of growth not polarisation that won BJP the Lok Sabha election.

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