Shekhar Gupta

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Indira Gandhi Or Modi: Who's India's Strongest PM?
Rediff.com5 Sep 2025

Mrs Gandhi's power ebbed and peaked with the times. Mr Modi's has almost been constant,...

Sindoor: Pakistan Air Force Was No Match For IAF
Rediff.com29 Aug 2025

'Operation Sindoor had three objectives.' 'One, destroy the Lashkar-e-Taiba...

Modi Isn't Going To Retire On September 17
Rediff.com11 Aug 2025

'Mr Modi has the power and pre-eminence in the BJP-RSS to choose how long he wants to...

Why India Should Not Worry About Trump
Rediff.com31 Jul 2025

Trump's method are more destabilising than his policy. So, a good idea these couple of...

India's Two Front War Challenge
Rediff.com29 Jul 2025

The Chinese see no need to fight directly. They have an able and willing proxy in...

India Must Be Ready For Next War With Pakistan
Rediff.com15 Jul 2025

India has to fill in all the critical gaps in missiles, ammunition, sensors and...

What's The Solution To India's Pakistan Problem?
Rediff.com8 Jul 2025

China and Pakistan are in a tight strategic alliance. India must deal with them one at...

What's The Point Of Quad If Trump Equates India-Pakistan?
Rediff.com3 Jul 2025

If the only superpower, which calls India an ally, sees the region through an...

Should India Be Worried About Asim Munir?
Rediff.com10 Jun 2025

India had better be prepared. Munir could be back at our throats soon, even within the...

Who Says India Is Friendless?
Rediff.com7 Jun 2025

The reality is that far from being friendless, India is better positioned in the world...

How Shastri Buried Pakistan's Kashmir Dream
Rediff.com3 Jun 2025

The high point of the 19 Shastri months was the 22-day war that he fought against great...

Pakistan's Evil Designs: What India Must Do!
Rediff.com26 May 2025

'Will this near-war, India's strongest military response so far, buy India another...

Why Asim Munir Wanted War
Rediff.com19 May 2025

The launch of the first-ever direct train service from Delhi to Kashmir would be a big...

Did US Intervention Off-Ramp Conflict?
Rediff.com17 May 2025

In the India-Pakistan situations, off-ramps have come either through foreign mediation...

Operation Sindoor: The Precision Of Surprise
Rediff.com16 May 2025

'You can be sure that the Pakistanis knew when the Indian Air Force aircraft took off,...

Why The ISI Targeted Hindus In Pahalgam
Rediff.com6 May 2025

The ISI strategy has been to use its proxies to target Hindus in India. They want an...

Why India Needs Trump's Tariffs To Reform Again
Rediff.com10 Apr 2025

India needs another shot of difficult reform, of the kind only possible at gunpoint....

Murthy, Subrahmanyan Aren't Wrong About Long Hours
Rediff.com18 Mar 2025

Leaders who built and manage these incredible global companies cannot be tyrants,...

Deep State And Beyond: The Rise of Conspiracy Theories
Rediff.com25 Feb 2025

From bhikshus of Ashokan 3rd century BC and medieval Sufis to Oxfam, Omidyar and Soros...

Nirmalaji Releases The Nuclear Genie
Rediff.com3 Feb 2025

'If the BJP detoxifies the nuclear liability law, it will bring economic, environmental...