Kanchan Gupta

The impact has not been as adverse as was made out by 'renowned' economists.

Precious time was lost in pursuing a policy that was clearly not founded in commonsense.

On Monday (April 24), it was a bloodbath with CRPF personnel besieged from all sides and virtually rendered sitting ducks.

There is no sympathy for either radical Islamism or its practitioners. But there is growing concern that rights and liberties are now at a discount.

New Delhi has needlessly voted against Jerusalem at international fora, even during the current BJP regime.

Sooner or later, New Delhi's voice will resonate.

The PM has to begin afresh and craft an all-new policy to deal with India's constant tormentor.

More important, India needs firm reciprocal gestures from Cairo before big ticket commitments can be made.

The rotten state of affairs is symptomatic of the decay that has corroded the police and bureaucracy.

We should give up our false pretences and get real.

It's not a blame-game. Nor is it a zero-sum game.

Tragically, obsessed as it is with the BJP and Modi, the grand old party can't see the disastrous consequences of its collapse.

Will Washington rise to the challenge and seize the moment?

But, it is on the policy front that the Centre has been a slow starter.

Our foreign policy should be less about vacuous morality and more about hard-nosed reality.

It seems denying visa to the Chinese dissident was New Delhi's yet another halfway house act of standing up to Beijing.

Much of the story of the country is uncontested, provided we do not pay undue attention to the neighbour's claims.

It's only now that we are getting to see New Delhi taking Islamabad by surprise and stumping Rawalpindi.

We still have no clue as to who are the non-payers who owe our public banks nearly Rs 4 lakh crore.

Denial is not an option for the PM unless he is willing to risk long-term damage for short-term gains.

Free debate is fine, but surely both teachers and students are accountable for the economical damage.

Having opened the proverbial gates of Vienna, Europe has set in motion its conquest.

The Leftist party is hoping that the Grand Old Party doesn’t ally with Mamata Banerjee's TMC.

Behind the valour of our martyred seven lurks the cold comfort that we seek.

We are suffering, as a nation, as a people.

Don't forget that dealing with the neighbour is dealing with deceit.