Shekhar Gupta Columns, Leading Columnist

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Allah and Aam Aadmi

Monday 13 May '13

Could these be the three new As of Pakistan? How we, in India, failed to get this dramatic shift

Delhi University VC makes his case for shift to four-year undergraduate courses

Monday 13 May '13

It's not mathematics that works here in the university, says Dinesh Singh.

I have to learn how to sledge...I am still not very good at it.

Sunday 12 May '13

In this Walk the Talk on NDTV 24x7, Cheteshwar Pujara India''s No.3 in Tests speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta about how he deals with both bowlers and banter. He also empha...

Me captain, you team: Very vain, very effective

Saturday 11 May '13

That's Imran Khan. Out to slay the 'circus ke sher' (of Nawaz Sharif), solve Pakistan's problems: thrash the thieves, get a driving licence, shoot down the drones, spook the West into giving you a vis...

For democracy and bijli, uninterrupted supply

Friday 10 May '13

18-hour power cuts have switched off most voters from India or Kashmir. Benazir gone, Zardari is a pale shadow, their angry son exiled to TV land. Nawaz Sharif senses power but beyond his tired tigers...

'If you're afraid of fast bowling, rather go find a different profession like banking'

Sunday 5 May '13

Farokh Engineer speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta about his cricketing days.

Actors don't get money, stars do: Manoj Bajpayee

Sunday 5 May '13

In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24X7 Walk the Talk, actor Manoj Bajpayee talks about coming to Mumbai at a difficult time.

National Interest: BJP's troubled House

Saturday 4 May '13

There's a war in the party's top brass, Parliament is collateral damage

National Interest: Mere paas media hai

Saturday 27 April '13

The fixer-businessman's new badge of honour and disgrace

'I feel like a newcomer''

Sunday 28 April '13

In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24X7''s Walk the Talk, actor Sridevi talks about her comeback, her past films, how she is 'very funny'' at home but quiet ...

National Interest: General Musharraf (Deluded)

Saturday 20 April '13

He was the dictator in constant denial, now the truth's catching up

National Interest: Crony, crawly capitalism

Saturday 13 April '13

The tragi-comic spectacle of India Inc on bended knee before Rahul and Modi

'I hope the words I have inherited would be preserved'

Sunday 7 April '13

In this second part of an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7's Walk the Talk, lyricist Gulzar speaks on the evolving language of poetry and the affection he h...

National Interest: Not enough, Boss

Saturday 6 April '13

Rahul's unlearning from his mistakes but is it a bit slow, a bit late?

National Interest: Because we forget

Saturday 30 March '13

Bombay, 1993, was the ISI's most daring attack on India and an AK in 'self-defence' was a smoking gun

'Nuclear fears have to be addressed scientifically. The Indian government must be as transparent as possible'

Tuesday 26 March '13

The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks to Yukiya Amano, Director General, IAEA.

National Interest: Our poor little Sanju

Saturday 23 March '13

He isn''t a faceless Muslim, let''s throw away the court verdict, cry our elite tears

'The most important star is the story you are telling. It's not who you put in the movie'

Tuesday 19 March '13

In this Walk the Talk on NDTV 24x7 with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg speaks about his trip to India 30 years ago, his meeting with Amitabh Bach...

National Interest: Lawlipop politics

Saturday 16 March '13

From corruption to rape, UPA's basic instinct is suspect: better legislate than deliver

India voting against Iran in IAEA is not a strategic move, but a major difference...We wanted India to play its cards right'

Tuesday 12 March '13

In this Walk the Talk on NDTV 24x7, Ali Ardeshir Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian parliament, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta about Israel, India's vote against Iran at IAEA...

National Interest: Atal Modi vs Rajiv Rahul

Saturday 9 March '13

Can each re-invent, re-launch himself? Only then will 2014 be the big ideas campaign

'Pakistan is not a jehadi state. It has a lot of jehadis who use force to try and take over as they cannot win an election'

Tuesday 5 March '13

In this Walk the Talk on NDTV 24x7 with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani ambassador to US, talks about the "damage to Brand Pakistan", the aftermath o...