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Coomi Kapoor
Coomi Kapoor is a veteran journalist and currently serves as the Contributing Editor for The Indian Express. With a distinguished career spanning over four decades, she is regarded as one of India's most seasoned political reporters, offering a ringside view of the capital’s shifting power dynamics.
Experience & Career Trajectory Kapoor has held pivotal roles across India's leading media houses. Her long-standing association with The Indian Express has seen her serve in various critical capacities, including Chief Reporter, Special Correspondent, and Editor (Delhi). Beyond the Express Group, her extensive editorial experience includes:
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Principal Correspondent, India Today
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Political Editor, Illustrated Weekly
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Editor (News), Sunday Mail
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Bureau Chief, Indian Post
Expertise & Insight Her forte lies in deep-dive political reporting and analysis. Kapoor’s career has tracked the evolution of Indian democracy, witnessing the transition of power from the regime of Indira Gandhi to the contemporary rise of the Aam Aadmi Party.
She is widely celebrated for her ability to blend hard-hitting political news with engaging commentary. Since 1985, she has penned a popular political diary, known for its wit and "lighter vein" approach to serious political developments. Her syndicated columns have been carried by numerous newspapers across the country.
Global Authority Kapoor’s journalistic credibility extends beyond India. She has served as a stringer for The Times, London, and as a columnist for The Star, Malaysia, establishing her as a respected voice in the international media landscape.
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Inside Track: Rip Van Winkle CBISubscriber Only
April 06, 2025 07:43 IST
Government departments specialise in circular movements leading nowhere to please the government of the day. But the CBI surely takes the cake in its recent claims of still investigating the Bofors case.
Mon, Apr 07, 2025
Inside Track: The RSS AngleSubscriber Only
March 23, 2025 07:22 IST
The buzz in the BJP was that the choice for the next BJP party chief would boil down to Bhupender Yadav or Dharmendra Pradhan. Yadav is backed by Suresh Soni and Pradhan by Dattatreya Hosabale, both RSS heavyweights. But recently, Manohar Lal Khattar’s name also cropped up as a potential contender.
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
Inside Track: Khas AadmiSubscriber Only
March 09, 2025 07:35 IST
After the Delhi blow, Arvind Kejriwal undertook a fence-mending exercise with former founders of the India Against Corruption movement and also participated in Vipassana sessions, but a lesson in humility still eludes him.
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
How Bofors Deep Throat stuck his neck out – to reveal truth, nail lie of Congress govtSubscriber Only
February 28, 2025 07:17 IST
Subramaniam nicknamed her principal source simply as “Sting’’. His real name, Sten Lindstrom, surfaced for the first time in 2012 and even then went largely unnoticed.
Fri, Feb 28, 2025
Inside Track: Will Kejriwal wilt?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2025 07:21 IST
The Congress and the BJP’s assumption that the AAP sprouted overnight like crabgrass and will wilt as quickly could turn out to be wishful thinking. Kejriwal, after all, changed the dynamics of the Capital’s politics by converting the traditionally bi-polar political space into a triangular contest.
Sun, Feb 23, 2025
Inside Track: Amit Shah to the rescueSubscriber Only
February 09, 2025 07:25 IST
The BJP appeared handicapped by a lethargic and late start in the Delhi Assembly election, besides poor selections. But in the last lap of the campaign, Amit Shah decided to take charge of the party’s leaderless flock.
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
Inside Track: Who is in charge?Subscriber Only
January 26, 2025 07:35 IST
On paper, it would appear that the BJP has an edge in the Delhi Assembly poll, what with the Congress cutting into the AAP’s vote share, and Arvind Kejriwal’s declining popularity and tarnished image.
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
Inside Track: Too Reddy to bossSubscriber Only
January 12, 2025 07:15 IST
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s popularity has plummeted ever since he adopted an unnecessarily harsh approach towards superstar Allu Arjun.
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Rajdeep Sardesai analyses the surprises and miscalculations of the 2024 Lok Sabha election in his latest bookSubscriber Only
January 05, 2025 05:30 IST
In his racy, readable, though slightly rambling, book, Sardesai provides valuable insight into the diverse election scenarios across the country
Sun, Jan 05, 2025
Inside Track: Snakes & laddersSubscriber Only
December 29, 2024 06:00 IST
End of the year round-ups customarily sum up the winners and losers of the year. But in the political rat race of 2024, it was a snakes and ladders scenario, with many ups and downs for prominent players.
Sun, Dec 29, 2024
Inside Track: Not Very PleasantSubscriber Only
December 15, 2024 02:00 IST
Residents of the uber exclusive Mount Pleasant Road in Mumbai’s Malabar Hill are waiting anxiously for their neighbour, Eknath Shinde, to vacate the chief minister’s bungalow, Varsha
Sun, Dec 15, 2024
Inside Track: Do It My WaySubscriber Only
December 01, 2024 05:00 IST
The NDA’s Maharashtra victory overshadowed the significance of Yogi Adityanath’s impressive feat in UP. The BJP alliance won seven of nine Assembly by-elections, turning the tables on the Opposition, which earlier represented six of the constituencies, including four by the SP.
Sun, Dec 01, 2024
Coomi Kapoor writes: For Goa’s tourism woes, don’t blame the ‘desi’ visitorSubscriber Only
November 20, 2024 10:49 IST
The Goa service sector has outpriced itself and not bothered to remain competitive with comparable international tourist destinations is undeniable. And as more North Indians move there, broader questions on land use, conflict of interest are emerging.
Sat, Nov 23, 2024
Coomi Kapoor writes: Deathly duplicitySubscriber Only
November 17, 2024 07:20 IST
Why do hospitals never provide the chilling statistics of how many patients actually manage to get successfully weaned off the ventilator, before hustling relatives to sign the consent form?
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
Inside Track: Frontrunners for BJP presidentSubscriber Only
November 03, 2024 02:30 IST
In the wake of the unimpressive showing in the Lok Sabha polls, the RSS was keen on Shivraj Singh Chouhan to replace J P Nadda as BJP president, but the popular former CM of Madhya Pradesh was unacceptable to the Modi-Shah duo.
Sun, Nov 03, 2024
Inside Track: Mountie, No BountySubscriber Only
October 20, 2024 03:00 IST
In a shocking violation of diplomatic convention last week, a diplomatic conversation between a top Indian and Canadian official in Singapore was leaked to newspapers to embarrass India. Senior Indian diplomats were branded as “persons of interest’’.
Sun, Oct 20, 2024
On everyone’s lips: Who succeeds Ratan Tata, what of the challengesSubscriber Only
October 11, 2024 04:20 IST
Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors. There are 26 publicly listed Tata enterprises with a combined market capitalisation of more than $365 billion as on March 31, 2024.
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
Ratan Tata: How the introvert, dark horse rose to become India’s most respected businessman – and how he stayed on topSubscriber Only
October 10, 2024 12:34 IST
He epitomised the Tata tradition of ethical practices, in both business and his personal life
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
Inside Track: Capital minefieldSubscriber Only
October 06, 2024 01:50 IST
Delhi’s new CM, Atishi, with her crisp saris and college lecturer mannerisms, brings back memories of Sheila Dikshit, the gracious outsider who stunned local political heavyweights by getting elected thrice as Delhi CM. Atishi’s tenure, however, promises to be much shorter.
Sun, Oct 06, 2024
Inside Track: Shift from NagpurSubscriber Only
September 22, 2024 01:16 IST
In the run-up to its centenary next year, the RSS will move into new quarters in Delhi, far more spacious than its original campus in Nagpur. Three towers, a dozen storeys high, are near completion in Delhi’s Jhandewalan.
Sun, Sep 22, 2024
Inside Track: Perception testSubscriber Only
September 08, 2024 07:44 IST
Electoral politics is often more perception than reality. So if PM Narendra Modi is looking slightly jaded and faded at the start of his “historic third term in office’’, it is because the optics that favoured him in the past are now working against him.
Sun, Sep 08, 2024
Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Family FrictionSubscriber Only
August 25, 2024 07:08 IST
The brutal rape and murder at R G Kar Medical College, Kolkata, has exposed the rift between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her designated successor, nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Sun, Aug 25, 2024
Inside Track: Total segregationSubscriber Only
August 11, 2024 07:31 IST
The architecture and rules of the new Parliament segregate not just journalists from MPs, whom they are expected to report on, but also Rajya Sabha MPs from Lok Sabha MPs and former MPs from sitting MPs.
Sun, Aug 11, 2024
Cutting down rivalsSubscriber Only
July 28, 2024 07:00 IST
In 2014, when Modi first won an absolute majority for his party, he swiftly pensioned off seniors like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and M M Joshi, removing them from the party's powerful decision-making parliamentary board.
Sun, Jul 28, 2024
Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Genesis of BJP’s UP defeat needs more introspectionSubscriber Only
July 14, 2024 08:06 IST
The task force of 40 BJP UP members has come up with predictable reasons for the party's setback in the state in the recent Lok Sabha polls — from party infighting to caste equations and non-cooperation of government employees.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024Journalism of Courage
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