Karan Thapar
The writer is a senior journalist based in Delhi.
Articles By Karan Thapar
Boris Johnson’s desire to exit EU may fizzle out in the face of multiple roadblocks
Not surprisingly, Johnson’s behaviour is now widely viewed as bumbling. After the calamitous week he’s suffered, this embarrassing performance could be understandable, but the damage it’s done to his image will not easily be forgotten.
Has the RSS ground shifted?
Mohan Bhagwat’s views about the Constitution, Muslims are radically different from that of his predecessor, K S Sudarshan.
A moral leadership deficit
The response to Kathua and Unnao highlights an absence.
Stooping to cover
Watchdog journalism is being replaced by guard dog journalism. Media is deferential to authority, intolerant of contrarian views.
A meeting, a conspiracy
BJP’s fear and foreboding about the Gujarat outcome leads to a bizarre theory
A Court-Mandated Diwali
Supreme Court's ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi and surrounding towns till November 1 is extreme, unjustified and, perhaps, inadequately thought through.
An Unbecoming Compromise
On the Rohingya, Aung San Suu Kyi lets political expediency dominate principles
A Gift Of Words And Silence
It marks out the good politicians from the bad
The Man Who Won’t Be President
L K Advani would have been the most fitting Sangh Parivar choice for the post.
Not The Indian Army I Know
The force has let itself down in the ‘human shield’ incident in Kashmir
The mysterious Mr Jadhav
The case of the Indian sentenced in Pakistan offers more questions than answers
Karan Thapar column: When Rahul cried vendetta
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s response to the ‘National Herald’ case raises questions.