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:
Principal Correspondent, India Today
Political Editor, Illustrated Weekly
Editor (News), Sunday Mail
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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May 05, 2002 00:00 IST
Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj ordered Doordarshan not to telecast live the critical Lok Sabha debate on Gujarat, altho...
Sun, May 05, 2002
April 28, 2002 00:00 IST
The CPI(M) leaders from West Bengal pride themselves on their command over the Queen’s English compared to the rest of the plebs in Par...
Sun, Apr 28, 2002
April 21, 2002 00:00 IST
Experienced and responsible members of the BJP national executive like Shanta Kumar, T N Chaturvedi and Sahib Singh Verma, who were opposed ...
Sun, Apr 21, 2002
April 15, 2002 00:00 IST
In most crimes, the guilty can be divided into two categories. There are those who commit the evil deed and there are those who choose not t...
Mon, Apr 15, 2002
April 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has a yen for foreign travel. When he was foreign minister in Morarji Desai’s cabinet, Subramaniam ...
Sun, Apr 14, 2002
April 07, 2002 00:00 IST
The BJP’s boast that Narendra Modi will ensure electoral victory in Gujarat is fast evaporating. The state’s powerful business com...
Sun, Apr 07, 2002
January 31, 2001 00:00 IST
BHUJ/AHMEDABAD, JANUARY 30: As the Prime Minister's cavalcade moved from Kandla port to Bhuj on Monday, small groups of villagers stopped ...
Wed, Jan 31, 2001
January 12, 2001 00:00 IST
Parallels are often drawn between the Samba spy case and France's Dreyfus scandal, for both concerned army men unfairly accused of treason...
Fri, Jan 12, 2001
October 20, 2000 00:00 IST
They are variously described as mavericks, oddballs, trouble makers and obstructionists. They insist on blowing the whistle every time the...
Fri, Oct 20, 2000
September 13, 2000 00:00 IST
Returning to Boston after a gap of almost 30 years, I was struck by the phenomenal increase in the non-Anglo Saxon immigrant population of...
Wed, Sep 13, 2000
August 30, 2000 00:00 IST
For most of his long political life Atal Bihari Vajpayee was compelled to follow the dictates of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS); to...
Wed, Aug 30, 2000
July 05, 2000 00:00 IST
Prof C Northcote Parkinson propounded the theory that work in an office expands to fill the time available for completion of the task. The...
Wed, Jul 05, 2000
May 31, 2000 00:00 IST
Censorship has always be-en a hot issue for the seminar circuit, the Press Council and civil liberties activists. But, while there are alw...
Wed, May 31, 2000
May 08, 2000 00:00 IST
Indira Gandhi was refreshingly frank with her son Sanjay when he questioned her in a letter about the Congress's radical proposals for ban...
Mon, May 08, 2000
February 15, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 14: Attorney General Soli J Sorabjee has sent a strong letter to Law Secretary R L Meena calling recent developments i...
Tue, Feb 15, 2000
January 16, 2000 00:00 IST
Milch Cows lostAn order last week from the Cabinet Secretary to all ministries informing that the 200-odd joint secretaries looking after ...
Sun, Jan 16, 2000
January 09, 2000 00:00 IST
Photo op missedThe media party at Katchal island noticed a striking shapely foreign beauty in black jeans and a T-shirt who along with som...
Sun, Jan 09, 2000
December 26, 1999 00:00 IST
Millennium pollA colleague was asked to predict the prime ministers of the next century. A risky business, since in politics in contrast t...
Sun, Dec 26, 1999
December 19, 1999 00:00 IST
Growing authorityWhen the unknown MP from Andhra Pradesh G.M.C. Balayogi took over as Speaker of the Lok Sabha he was the butt of jokes be...
Sun, Dec 19, 1999
December 05, 1999 00:00 IST
Commoner's discourtesyMadhavrao Scindia was sent by his party to Orissa to persuade Orissa Chief Minister Girdhar Gamang to step down. But...
Sun, Dec 05, 1999
November 14, 1999 00:00 IST
Asking for moreThe Orissa government accuses the Central Government of providing insufficient funds for cyclone relief. But the state's b...
Sun, Nov 14, 1999
November 07, 1999 00:00 IST
Most wanted MPAfter his successful campaign in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, from where he won the parliamentary seat, BSP's Ashok Chandel is ...
Sun, Nov 07, 1999
October 31, 1999 00:00 IST
Chit-chat showInitiating Sonia Gandhi into her new post as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha involves considerable paper work, si...
Sun, Oct 31, 1999
October 24, 1999 00:00 IST
Vacant slotsPotential additions to the Vajpayee cabinet can be conjectured from the vacant portfolios of labour, agriculture and atomic e...
Sun, Oct 24, 1999
October 17, 1999 00:00 IST
Not a watery graveIn political parlance, the Ministry of Water Resources is considered dry and not wet as its name suggests. So there is ...
Sun, Oct 17, 1999




