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Karan Thapar

All stories by Karan Thapar

'There is a general shift in Chinese behaviour with the world'
Rediff.com26 Jun 2020

'You can see that in Chinese behaviour in the Yellow Sea, you can see it in their...

Modi's popularity, Congress's biggest challenge
Rediff.com25 Dec 2018

'In Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan, he is far more popular than the defeated chief...

Is the Rafale deal BJP's Bofors moment?
Rediff.com1 Oct 2018

'So far there is no clear money trail nor an indisputable smoking gun.' 'But that...

Does Modi care about Kashmir?
Rediff.com15 Jun 2018

'Police records suggest one Kashmiri boy joined terrorist ranks every third day last...

'We have enough thermonuclear bombs'
Rediff.com11 May 2018

Were the May 1988 nuclear tests a success? 20 years after Pokharan, a look back at...

What next will Modi and his ministers come up with?
Rediff.com8 May 2018

Are our ministers having fun at our expense? Any other explanation would suggest 'we...

Sushma's Folly
Rediff.com3 Apr 2018

'Not just the angry families, but also the public will remember Swaraj's foreign...

Nephew reveals: Netaji died in 1945 aircrash
Rediff.com24 Feb 2018

Laid to Rest: The controversy over Subhas Chandra Bose's death, a book published by...

Why do BJP members make strange remarks?
Rediff.com29 Jan 2018

'Surely a higher standard is required when ministers speak in public to an audience...

Is the PM 'modi-fying' into Trump?
Rediff.com30 Dec 2017

Not only do Modi and Trump's personalities overshadow the high offices they hold, the...

Why a victory for BJP in Gujarat could still be a loss
Rediff.com13 Dec 2017

If the BJP falls sizeably short of the 115 mark -- the seats it won in 2012 -- it will...

Rahul Gandhi is no different from Smriti Irani
Rediff.com29 Nov 2017

'We needed Smriti Irani to champion democratic values, but she's chosen to be a...

Is this how we treat our soldiers?
Rediff.com14 Nov 2017

Whilst politicians promise to uphold the honour and interests of our soldiers, the very...

The sound of laughter is making Modi wary
Rediff.com31 Oct 2017

People are steadily pulling the prime minister off the pedestal where they once placed...

How India twice 'missed' resolving border disputes
Rediff.com13 Sep 2017

'At critical moments an inability to take tough decisions resulted in potentially...

Rohingyas' deportation damages idea of India
Rediff.com5 Sep 2017

The deported Rohingyas would face persecution in Myanmar but also, possibly, elimination.

Hamid Ansari on 10 years as Rajya Sabha chairman
Rediff.com14 Aug 2017

'The chair is a referee in a match, whether this side is playing better or that side is...

Hamid Ansari: 'Govt will manage standoff with China'
Rediff.com14 Aug 2017

'I think we have had these periods of standoffs with China.' 'And there is enough...

Hamid Ansari: There's unease. A sense of insecurity is creeping in
Rediff.com12 Aug 2017

In conversation with Karan Thapar, former Vice President Hamid Ansari takes on one of...

'Indianness of any citizen being questioned is disturbing'
Rediff.com11 Aug 2017

'We are a plural society that for centuries, not for 70 years, has lived in a certain...