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The writer is a television commentator and anchor

If Rahul Gandhi is going to be our Prime Minister one day, he needs to learn how to handle awkward situations, in particular those connected to his familys past. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Of Rahul, Indira and the mistake' of Emergency

Indira Gandhi didn't think the Emergency was a mistake and she certainly didn't apologise for it

19 March 2021 4:45 AM IST

A picture of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold hands during a memorial in Bangkok on March 4, 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against the military coup in their homeland. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Karan Thapar | The tragedy of Suu Kyi: Almost Shakespearean

So, like Shakespeare's tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?

5 March 2021 7:31 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Decoding the numbers: What the FM didn't say

When you dig into details and ponder over the implications, the Budget feels rather different to what you've heard

19 Feb 2021 4:51 AM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as Â‘totally impermissible the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | Sedition law being made a mockery; just scrap it

If they're not deliberately abusing the law, it can only mean one other thing -- that neither the police nor ministers...

5 Feb 2021 7:13 AM IST

A file photo of the doctors from Osmania General Hospital who were vaccinated ( Image Source: DC Image)

Transparency needed to remove all vaccine fears

Frankly, it's not just bizarre but deplorable to frame differences over the efficacy of Covaxin as issues of national...

22 Jan 2021 6:36 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (PTI)

Karan Thapar | Hindus and patriotism: Why RSS chief is wrong

However, I suspect that Mr Bhagwat would simply brush aside all the evidence of history that I have just marshalled

8 Jan 2021 4:49 AM IST

Christian devotees take part in a mass service on the eve of Christmas, in Mumbai on December 24, 2020. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Karan Thapar | Christmas, like Diwali, is a special day in India

The attempt to redesignate Christmas is likely to be more hurtful to India's Christians than the 2014 redesignation as...

25 Dec 2020 7:37 AM IST

Cover page of the Calligraphic copy of the Constitution of India in English released on the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Republic of India in Central Hall of Parliament House on January 27, 2000 (Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)

Karan Thapar | How Nehru had gutted the Constitution in 1951

So sweeping were the changes that constitutional scholar Upendra Baxi calls the post-amendment document 'the second...

11 Dec 2020 9:12 AM IST

Karan Thapar | Contempt of court': A relook may be needed

Many will ask whether judges need to accept satire and criticism with good gracerather than seek protection of the law...

27 Nov 2020 5:47 AM IST

Cover of Wajahat Habibullahs recent book My Years with Rajiv. (Twitter/@WestlandBooks)

Karan Thapar | New insights on Rajiv, but questions remain

Biographies written by friends is likely to gloss over incidents that could embarrass the subject, like Habibullah's 'My...

13 Nov 2020 10:23 AM IST

Arun Shourie is former BJP member and was Cabinet minister during Atal Bihari Vajpayees rule. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Death talk: Euthanasia tales amid Covid times

The question this mesmerising account raises is did Arun's father, HD Shourie commit euthanasia?

30 Oct 2020 9:52 AM IST

Videograb from the controversial Tanishq ad.

Karan Thapar | The beauty of oneness': Has today's India lost it?

The advertisement trolls excoriated celebrated the love of a Muslim mother-in-law for her Hindu daughter-in-law

16 Oct 2020 9:51 AM IST