Shekhar Gupta

The government gave a free hand to the Army to use the most brutal methods.

The film builds a Sunny Deol-style hyper-patriotic yarn.

He was a unique personality who built his empire during the licence quota raj and prospered much when it was abolished.

Great leaders are calm and comforting, even sometimes nonchalant.

The BJP has now become to national politics what Congress used to be. But Congress, within the Opposition universe, carries even less weight today than the BJP did after December 1984.

The Delhi CM's argument that he should have been informed before the raid is flawed.

As handshakes in Paris, Bangkok and now Islamabad remind us, the basic doctrine, talk-talk/fight-fight doesn't change.

He was tough when his troops faced battle, but generous in the extreme with Nagas of all strata.

The problem of Islam in the Middle East is peculiar to the region.

It was the model of growth not polarisation that won BJP the Lok Sabha election.

The essence of tolerance is tolerating the right of others to disagree.

If the BJP is the new Congress, the opposition won't take 40 years to unite against it.

Abdul Sattar Edhi would take contributions even from drug-smuggling mafiosi, but he can't be seen taking money from any government.

It's evident Indian cricket does better on pitches that give its bowlers a better chance, but the board doesn't get it.

Ironically, now his memory and legacy are being resurrected by PM Modi as an election plank in Bihar.

I hope it will be solemn and soldierly rather than jingoistic and militaristic.

Ostentation and piety do not go together.

It was an audacious para-commando attack with the intention of crippling three of IAF's most crucial airbases in Punjab that ended as a rout.

You would have expected him to speak on war with a greater sense of circumspection and responsibility.

The historic war ended without any conclusion, except that wars do not solve anything.

It discusses how India whittled down the Pakistani military, but could not destroy it.

I asked if it was correct for her to come pitching to the CEO of a company to help him hire key personnel, but also try hiring him out instead?

Ex-RAW chief Anand Verma has revealed former ISI head was close to settling several disputes, and it may have led to Gen Zia's assassination.

The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti head is a demagogue who flaunts firearms and harks back to a totally outdated politics.

This is the time to revisit the idea of making at least 50 per cent of all new recruitments to the central paramilitary forces out of ex-servicemen.

Negotiations between significant neighbours can't be held like a T20 cricket match with a strategic timeout.

If the film institute was an IIT or an IIM, popular anger would have been greater.

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, his party had politicised Indian soldiers unlike any other had done in the past.

He really came into his own as his friend, idol, mentor and military-spiritual guide, General Zia-ul-Haq rose to the top.

The solution must come from within the top of the government, not through 'negotiations'.