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Karan Thapar
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The writer is a television commentator and anchor
    If Rahul Gandhi is going to be our Prime Minister one day, he needs to learn how to handle awkward situations, in particular those connected to his familys past.Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Of Rahul, Indira and the mistake' of Emergency

    Indira Gandhi didn't think the Emergency was a mistake and she certainly didn't apologise for it

    19 March 2021 4:36 AM IST

    A picture of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold hands during a memorial in Bangkok on March 4, 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against the military coup in their homeland. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | The tragedy of Suu Kyi: Almost Shakespearean

    So, like Shakespeare's tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?

    5 March 2021 7:21 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Decoding the numbers: What the FM didn't say

    When you dig into details and ponder over the implications, the Budget feels rather different to what you've heard

    19 Feb 2021 4:50 AM IST

    The Supreme Court directed the Centre and the states not to take any action against companies unable to pay full wages. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Sedition law being made a mockery; just scrap it

    If they're not deliberately abusing the law, it can only mean one other thing -- that neither the police nor ministers...

    5 Feb 2021 6:53 AM IST

    A file photo of the doctors from Osmania General Hospital who were vaccinated ( Image Source: DC Image)Opinion
    Transparency needed to remove all vaccine fears

    Frankly, it’s not just bizarre but deplorable to frame differences over the efficacy of Covaxin as issues of national...

    22 Jan 2021 6:33 AM IST

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (PTI)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Hindus and patriotism: Why RSS chief is wrong

    However, I suspect that Mr Bhagwat would simply brush aside all the evidence of history that I have just marshalled

    8 Jan 2021 4:50 AM IST

    Christian devotees take part in a mass service on the eve of Christmas, in Mumbai on December 24, 2020. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Christmas, like Diwali, is a special day in India

    The attempt to redesignate Christmas is likely to be more hurtful to India’s Christians than the 2014 redesignation as...

    25 Dec 2020 7:34 AM IST

    Cover page of the Calligraphic copy of the Constitution of India in English released on the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Republic of India in Central Hall of Parliament House on January 27, 2000 (Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | How Nehru had gutted the Constitution in 1951

    So sweeping were the changes that constitutional scholar Upendra Baxi calls the post-amendment document -'the second...

    11 Dec 2020 9:08 AM IST

    Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. Twitter PhotoOpinion
    Karan Thapar | ‘Contempt of court’: A relook may be needed

    Many will ask whether judges need to accept satire and criticism with good gracerather than seek protection of the law...

    27 Nov 2020 5:48 AM IST

    Cover of Wajahat Habibullahs recent book My Years with Rajiv. (Twitter/@WestlandBooks)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | New insights on Rajiv, but questions remain

    Biographies written by friends, like Habibullah’s -'My Years with Rajiv-', is likely to gloss over incidents that...

    13 Nov 2020 10:24 AM IST

    Arun Shourie. (PTI)Opinion
    Karan Thapar | Death talk: Euthanasia tales amid Covid times

    The question this mesmerising account raises is did Arun’s father, HD Shourie commit euthanasia?

    30 Oct 2020 9:52 AM IST

    Karan Thapar | The ‘beauty of oneness’: Has today’s India lost it?Opinion
    Karan Thapar | The ‘beauty of oneness’: Has today’s India lost...

    The advertisement trolls excoriated celebrated the love of a Muslim mother-in-law for her Hindu daughter-in-law

    16 Oct 2020 9:50 AM IST

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