Karan Thapar

When Brajesh Mishra had something important to say, he would even tip me off. We would ‘colla-borate’ and the result was never disappointing, writes Karan Thapar.

India will come to respect a Prime Minister who takes tough decisions at the cost of immediate unpopularity. It will not forgive one who ducks the challenge. Karan Thapar writes.

Since our politics is so depressing and I, for one, am desperate for a change, let’s have a bit of fun. I get swamped by a daily deluge of emails. So sit back and enjoy yourselves the choicest bits. Karan Thapar writes.

An early poll will only produce a more fractured Parliament with even less prospect of action, Karan Thapar writes.

How should we understand the CAG report on coal allocation? It's not a simple, straight-forward matter. It has multiple elements. Karan Thapar writes.

If I ever had doubts about the power and reach of modern communication technology the flight of tens of thousands of residents of the North-east from the cities of south India has, effectively if not definitively, laid them to rest, Karan Thapar writes.

Now that the Olympics are over and we’ve had a week to ponder perhaps its easier to answer the question: was India’s performance disappointing or satisfactory? Karan Thapar writes.

Through 15 years of house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi kept her sanity listening to the BBC. She made it her alternative world. Karan Thapar writes.

Jaswant Singh is an enigma although I’m not sure that’s the best way of describing him. Karan Thapar writes.

There's no doubt Pranab Mukherjee has a short fuse. It's probably the one quality most remembered about him. And when it blows, his anger is something to behold. Karan Thapar writes.

Salman Bashir, the new Pakistani high commissioner and his country’s former foreign secretary, said something last Sunday that made me sit up and think. Karan Thapar writes.

Perhaps the telephone’s insistent ringing should have put me on my guard. Someone, it seemed to suggest, was determined to get through. Karan Thapar writes.

Judging by the newspapers and the excited commentary on television you could be forgiven for thinking that the fact Manmohan Singh has assumed personal charge of the finance ministry means the country's economic problems are solved. Karan Thapar writes.

Perhaps because I don't know many, I used to think of 'royals' as one of a kind. For me they were a type. One was as good or as bad as the other. It turns out that's only a first impression, Karan Thapar writes.