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Breaking the two and a half front siege

Shekhar Gupta -
A powerful nation's army must be ready to fight on multiple fronts. The question is must it be made to do so?
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CV and stature

Shekhar Gupta -
What makes one tick as Rashtrapati, and what doesn’t, is determined by the incumbent. It’s for Kovind to prove sceptics wrong.
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Conflicts behind conflicts in cricket

Shekhar Gupta -
Judicial activism in cricket has bared open conflicts in serious areas such as financial markets.
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Insecurity within

Shekhar Gupta -
NDA's internal security balance sheet is now poorer than ‘spineless’ UPAs. It could break PM Modi’s momentum despite skilled messaging.
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When a national party dumps Nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has taken on Canada’s Khalistani sympathisers, but PM Modi might grab the diplomatic point.
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New big idea vs failed, old bilateralism

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistan is not an equal or stable neighbor. Only the stamp of a global power can assure lasting peace with India
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NOTA FOR 1984 – WHY AAP LOST PUNJAB

SGIN -
The party lost because it took a communal view of the state, stirred old angers, and embraced radicals That defeat is an orphan is a...
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Maximum Modi, maximum opportunity

Shekhar Gupta -
Narendra Modi is now the new colossus of Indian politics. The question is no longer winning 2019, but what will he do with the new status
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Anti-establishment conformist’s age

Shekhar Gupta -
Even as it seeks political power, AAP has maintained anti-establishmentarianism as its core.
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Writings on the Punjab wall

Shekhar Gupta -
Voters don't care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force.
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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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