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Shashi Shekhar

Shashi Shekhar

Articles by Shashi Shekhar

The many portents of growing inequality

Income inequality is rising in India, leading to exasperation among the middle class.

Updated on Jul 13, 2026 01:10 IST

Restoring trust after Ram Temple theft controversy

Shri Ram Temple, Ayodhya

Updated on Jul 6, 2026 02:42 IST

A do-or-die moment for regional parties

The contest between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP-led alliance in Uttar Pradesh will be quite interesting to watch.

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 01:08 IST

‘Aya Ram, gaya Ram’: The politics of defection and erosion of democracy

Uddhav Thackeray, Chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), addressed party members at Shanmukhanand Hall in Mumbai on the party's 60th foundation day. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2026 01:47 IST

The baffling silence on climate and pollution

Sky enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality turns "hazardous" due to alarming air pollution.

Updated on Nov 17, 2024 16:11 IST

Need awareness to avoid online fraud

Online frauds are growing by leaps and bounds. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 17:34 IST

Is the West conspiring against a rising India?

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi.

Updated on Nov 3, 2024 14:51 IST

The many shades of Indira Gandhi's political persona

You may be tempted to ask, was Indira Gandhi a hero or a villain?

Updated on Oct 27, 2024 18:57 IST

The State and society need to fight road rage crimes

How many Ankurs and toddlers will suffer or pay with their lives before the government wakes up from its slumber?. (HT File)

Updated on Oct 20, 2024 18:34 IST

How BJP won Haryana with grassroots politics

BJP workers burst crackers and dance as they celebrate the party's victory in Haryana assembly polls.

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 19:03 IST

In Vietnam’s resilience, a lesson for India’s economy

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh has a rich and varied coffee culture, with many areas coining their own delicacies including ‘cà phê trúng’, or egg coffee. Expect to see the city’s avenues dotted with upscale coffee shops and traditional spots where locals and tourists alike sit on stools that line the streets.

Updated on Oct 6, 2024 18:23 IST

Time to repose faith in ideals of the Mahatma

Mahatma Gandhi (Getty Images)

Updated on Sep 29, 2024 16:58 IST

In the high voter turnout in J&K polls, a hope for peace

J&K goes to polls in three phases starting September 18. (File)

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 16:57 IST

Countries must not put religion in the driver’s seat

Bangladeshi Hindu devotees release oil lamps to the Buriganga river as they observe Bipodtarini or Bipodnashini puja in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Updated on Sep 15, 2024 19:01 IST

Hurdles in India’s efforts to drive world diplomacy

This handout photo taken and released by Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) on September 5, 2024 shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (R) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) looking on as Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (2nd R) and India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar hold documents during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ceremony at the Parliament House in Singapore. (Photo by Handout / Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) / AFP) /

Updated on Sep 8, 2024 18:07 IST

The choice before the world: Development or expansionism

United Nations

Updated on Sep 1, 2024 18:27 IST

Social awakening is key to fighting heinous crimes

Kolkata: Doctors raise slogans during a protest rally over the recent alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.

Updated on Aug 25, 2024 17:49 IST

Developing nations need to be helmsmen of their boats

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gained power after an intense political struggle. His initial years went off well. However, a political power struggle kept intensifying and so did pressure from external powers.

Updated on Aug 18, 2024 18:08 IST

This Independence Day, guard against radicalism

Jammu: People wave the Indian national flags at Mubarak Mandi palace ahead of the Independence Day, in Jammu, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI08_11_2024_000261A)

Updated on Aug 11, 2024 18:57 IST

In J&K, no stopping the caravan of democracy

Kashmir, India - May. 13, 2024: Voters queue up to cast their votes at a polling station during the fourth phase of voting in Lok Sabha elections in Pulwama district,on 13 May 2024.(Photo By Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)--

Updated on Aug 4, 2024 18:20 IST

Globetrotter who used his capital for local good

Updated on Jul 28, 2024 17:29 IST

Crisis of over-confidence corrodes BJP’s discipline

Pune, July 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders during the first session of Maharashtra BJP State Convention addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at Balewadi in Pune on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Jul 21, 2024 18:26 IST

Whiff of continuity and a resurgent Opposition

TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a ceremony to decorate India's PM with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Updated on Jul 14, 2024 17:29 IST

Parliament isn’t the forum to settle political rivalries

The Parliament House in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 24, 2024. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jul 7, 2024 18:05 IST

Indian reality hidden in the glow of statistics

Relatives mourn near the deceased after the coffins' arrival on an Indian Air Force plane from Kuwait at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi on June 14. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 30, 2024 18:06 IST

Ganga needs joint efforts to regain its old strength

Kolkata: The setting Sun on an evening, seen from the bank of the River Ganga, in Kolkata, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI06_23_2024_000213B)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 16:54 IST

Balancing needs of the coalition and the party

Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, center, with council of ministers during a swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister for a third straight term on Sunday, extending his leadership for another five years after a bruising electoral setback that forced him to share power for the first time. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

Updated on Jun 9, 2024 20:03 IST

Robust electoral process, pressing need of the hour

Polling officials gather to submit electronic voting machines (EVMs) and other polling materials at a collection centre in Varanasi on June 1, 2024, at the end of the seventh and final phase of voting in India's general election. India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a third straight landslide election victory on June 1, at the close of a six-week general election bedevilled by searing heatwaves. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

Updated on Jun 2, 2024 18:10 IST

Mandate 2024: The view from Varanasi

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @BJP4INDIA** Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Nari Shakti Sammelan in Varanasi, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_21_2024_000317B)

Updated on May 26, 2024 17:34 IST

Politicians need to stop vitiating the poll debate

Lucknow, India May 19, 2024:::Electronic voting Machines (EVM's) kept at the distribution center before they are distribution to polling officials on the eve of the fifth phase of the General Election at Smriti Upvan Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India on Sunday, 19, 2024. (Photo by Deepak Gupta/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 19, 2024 17:57 IST

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