National Interest Archives – Page 2 of 7

Superbrand Narendra Modi: Cast in Titanium, not merely coated with Teflon

Shekhar Gupta - 19 May, 2018

He’s our most polarising leader, deeply hated by many but equally loved by more, especially the young. To extrapolate BJP’s struggles in Gujarat and Karnataka to 2019 is fatally complacent.

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Our military history is politicised to suit Generals, that’s why Modi’s facts are mixed up

Shekhar Gupta - 5 May, 2018

A spiced up, hyper-nationalist version of military history has been built: that politicians wronged the generals. No wonder PM Modi got his facts all mixed up.

It’s time for the Supreme Court of India to show that it is truly supreme

Shekhar Gupta - 28 April, 2018

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

Please save the judiciary from the judges as well, your lordships

Shekhar Gupta - 21 April, 2018

The judiciary is under threat from within – from stretching jurisdictions, headline-hunting and its inability to put its own house in order.

Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

Shekhar Gupta - 14 April, 2018

The media can disagree, fight and judge each other. But it can survive and thrive only by closing ranks when its first principles are under attack.

Cracks appear in Modi-Shah’s Hindu consensus as caste begins to overpower religion again

Shekhar Gupta - 7 April, 2018

BJP overpowered caste divisions to sweep 2014. But the Dalits are angry and the divides are back in play, spelling trouble for 2019.

As Modi focusses on the poor, India’s rich are powerless & fearful

Shekhar Gupta - 31 March, 2018

Corporate India’s euphoria over Modi’s rise has ended. It’s been replaced by suspicion & fear as he’s let businessmen know they can’t see him as their own.

An illustration with Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi

Rahul’s temple visits, Sonia’s lament show Cong is resetting secular politics, moving to...

Shekhar Gupta - 24 March, 2018

The Congress has paid severely for its unrelenting minorityism. It is seeking to move to the secular centre and that’s the message from Rahul Gandhi’s temple visits.

RSS-backed NGO files plea seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women

Pulping the Modi script on Muslims

Shekhar Gupta - 23 March, 2018

How BJP's panicky return to basic-instinct majoritarianism in Bihar has pushed Muslims back into 'secular' basement.

Graphic showing Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal

An Apology of a Party: AAP, which set out to save India, is struggling to save itself now

Shekhar Gupta - 17 March, 2018

The foundation on which AAP was built has all but crumbled. And its promise of changing the system and saving India is now a fading memory.

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Indian Army reforms: Cutting administrative flab or needless downsizing?

ThePrint Team - 20 August, 2018

Army chief General Bipin Rawat is set to issue orders to reduce personnel at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) in New Delhi. The move is being viewed as an indirect a...

Should ISRO be launching a new TV channel or focus instead on social media?

19 August, 2018

Devastating Kerala floods: National indifference or political partisanship?

17 August, 2018

Helmets compulsory for Sikh women: Ensuring road safety or offending religious beliefs?

16 August, 2018

Muslims pray at Jama Masjid, New Delhi | Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Are Indian Muslims more religious than other communities?

Hilal Ahmed - 20 August, 2018

Sikhs and Christians appear more confident than Muslims in asserting their religiosity.

This $1 bn ‘Sparrow’ from US will make Delhi the first Indian city with anti-missile shi...

20 August, 2018

Rescue operations being carried out at flood-affected regions in Kerala

Kerala has raised the bar, shamed the Indian conscience on disaster relief

20 August, 2018

If Modi can engage with a hostile China, why can’t Sidhu go to Pakistan?

20 August, 2018

Imran Khan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Nawaz Shariff

Outing a personal secret as a lesson for Imran: Featuring Vajpayee, Nawaz & a bit of me

Shekhar Gupta - 18 August, 2018

Nawaz Sharif made a dramatic bid for peace with Vajpayee but was tripped by Pakistan’s army. It won’t be different for Imran.

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Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

Cracks appear in Modi-Shah’s Hindu consensus as caste begins to overpower religion again

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Rahul’s temple visits, Sonia’s lament show Cong is resetting secular politics, moving to...

Pulping the Modi script on Muslims

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Indian Army reforms: Cutting administrative flab or needless downsizing?

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