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Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta - 27 April, 2024

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

Opposition is fighting to limit Modi, not defeat him. And survive nuclear winter

Northeast’s India problem

Shekhar Gupta - 18 June, 2015

It's simply this: The 'mainland' loses interest if 'Indian' lives and borders are not threatened.

Zeroing in on five myths

Shekhar Gupta - 11 June, 2015

When you speak nonsense, you are told to get your head examined. But there are times when you do not even need to do...

It’s agriculture, stupid

Shekhar Gupta - 5 June, 2015

Agriculture's share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it is about 60 per cent.

Council of newsmakers

Shekhar Gupta - 28 May, 2015

Counting the 12 who count, and never mind some missing zeroes because a captain is ultimately as good as his team, whether his name is Mahi or Modi.

The idea of Pakistan

Shekhar Gupta - 21 May, 2015

Power structure of Pakistan entirely lies with its Army.

Rahul’s yankee rap

Shekhar Gupta - 30 April, 2015

Congress vice president's anti-America attack on Modi flies in the face of his family's and world history. It'll find few takers outside of JNU.

Makeover at 44

Shekhar Gupta - 23 April, 2015

Whatever Rahul Gandhi was doing during his sabbatical, he has rid himself of fatal flaws for a mass politician: shying from eye contact and building an image of flightiness.

Silence and surround sound

Shekhar Gupta - 2 April, 2015

Will Modi seize the reality check that a majority of Indians, including his 2014 voters, do not approve of a majoritarian agenda?

Why didn’t you want to resign, Dr Singh?

Shekhar Gupta - 12 March, 2015

Let's ask why our former PM let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office.

A storyline for economic right

Shekhar Gupta - 26 February, 2015

For the Right, it's not that its economics is more flawed than that of the Left. It's just that it has inadequate salesmen of their new ideas. These include Modi.

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National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

Opposition is fighting to limit Modi, not defeat him. And survive nuclear winter

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