The Modi government finds itself in a contradiction of its own making.It has encouraged pro-Russian, Westophobic public sentiment while setting strategic policy that's exactly the opposite, points......
The only thing that might justify a response is the desperate state of Pakistan's economy and how its people are suffering.But it's better to be heartless for now, argues Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE:......
If Rahul's yatra makes a political statement from the other side of the aisle and Shah Rukh's success underlines a more relaxed popular mood, Mr Modi and Mr Bhagwat's cues to their followers are......
Political power has now been outsourced fully to the Modi government.Even if the RSS is still, in principle, his guru, nobody would dare to whisper a word of advice to Modi, forget some whiff of......
The Chinese aren't after territory.Their target is our national will, morale and the sense of autonomy we feel in making our strategic choices.They are attacking India and the Modi government at......
A family man, a confident investor, someone who was sure two decades ago that India and its stock market were going to boom.T N Ninan recalls his chats with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. Illustrations:......
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......
'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.''Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar......
'By holding forth on Swadeshi economics, Bhagwat is showing his intent to fight back,' says Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Sarsanghchalak, as the Rashtriya......
'We aren't so unreasonable as to demand that he should have fully reversed Indira Gandhi's worst economic legacy, bank nationalisation.''But he could have made a beginning by selling off the two......
'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair.'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to......
2019 has been particularly exciting when it comes to films with patriotic themes. Uri - The Surgical Strike, Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi, Romeo Akbar Walter, The Tashkent Files are films that......
Harshvardhan Kapoor's vigilante film, Bhavesh Joshi, made Sukanya Verma look back at Bollywood's original vigilante and Harshvardhan's father, Anil Kapoor, in and as Mr India, which......
What do you have to say about their style? At a style awards ceremony, Bollywood folk turned up in their fashionable best. We saw the stars give haute coutre a new roop at the HT Style Awards on......