National Interest Archives – Page 3 of 9

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He had everything, but Modi missed a brilliant chance to fix the messy Indian military

Shekhar Gupta - 14 July, 2018

Modi government had a rare chance to reform and modernise India’s military. But it blew the chance and settled instead for tinkering.

Bollywood’s Royals: Brave heroes on screen, spineless zeroes off it

Shekhar Gupta - 7 July, 2018

Hindi cinema is the richest, starriest business in our popular culture. Why is it also the most pusillanimous,going with the wind?

India’s foreign relations are in tatters and the Modi government has only itself to blame

Shekhar Gupta - 30 June, 2018

Modi’s diplomatic ‘conquests’ are history and India’s foreign relations resemble a train-wreck due to the government’s missteps.

The holier-than-cow Indian liberal elite is actually Modi’s best friend and ally

Shekhar Gupta - 23 June, 2018

Liberals can go ahead and pour scorn on Modi. It will only strengthen his base and reaffirm the myth of victimhood.

Illustration by Arindam Mukherjee | ThePrint

Thanks to Modi govt’s woolly-headedness, it’s 1993 in Kashmir again

Shekhar Gupta - 16 June, 2018

Both countries treat Kashmir as a blood feud, and they will continue the fight till the last Kashmiri.

Lousy economics & lousier politics: Modi govt acting like any other panicky last-year govt

Shekhar Gupta - 9 June, 2018

A series of bypoll losses has pushed the Modi government into panic mode. Uncharacteristically, it’s letting events dictate its actions.

Death of Indian media is fake news. But scary, some greedy owners fall for a silly con

Shekhar Gupta - 2 June, 2018

Journalists don’t need to wallow in shame as none of them have been caught in the Cobrapost sting.

The barely told stories of Indian and Pakistani spies making peace while waging war

Shekhar Gupta - 26 May, 2018

Some untold or barely told stories of Indian and Pakistani spymasters making peace on the sidelines of war.

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.

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Karnataka crisis: Can horse-trading be checked or should it be accepted as part of politics?

ThePrint Team - 18 January, 2019

The Karnataka Congress called a legislature party meeting Friday to address the issue of horse trading in the state and put up a show of strength. The Congress ...

Does sedition law apply to JNU & Assam cases or is it being used as tool to stifle dissent?

17 January, 2019

SC judges elevation row: Collegium still opaque under CJI Gogoi or is this an aberration?

16 January, 2019

Disinvestment target met only once in last 10yrs: No takers or was Modi govt too ambitious?

15 January, 2019

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Why even an ex-IAS officer like Shah Faesal sympathises with murderers of his kith and kin

Khalid Shah - 18 January, 2019

Every 2-3 years Kashmir has a collective call of conscience. Most entertaining are the ones from wannabe conflict entrepreneurs selling pipe dreams.

Narendra Modi in traditional Nagaland headgear | Twitter

How BJP became an acceptable party in a Christian-majority state like Nagaland

18 January, 2019

Congress, BJP and every other party owe Dalits their land, not just khichdi

18 January, 2019

In 2019 poll arithmetic, BSP+SP will mean advantage BJP

18 January, 2019

Chandrababu Naidu, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and others | PTI

Anti-BJP alliance is like Shiv ji ki baraat without a groom—and Modi knows it

Shekhar Gupta - 19 January, 2019

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

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The barely told stories of Indian and Pakistani spies making peace while waging war

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