Mihir Swarup Sharma – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Rahul Gandhi Meet With China Envoy Latest Self-Goal By Congress

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday July 12, 2017

If Gandhi was going to meet the ambassador, he should have emerged and declared that he had gone to convey his support for the government's stand, and to indicate political unity at home.

Opinion: <i>Namma</i> Metro Anger Over Hindi Signs Is Part Of Growing Trend

Opinion: Namma Metro Anger Over Hindi Signs Is Part Of Growing Trend

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Saturday June 24, 2017

Hindi fanatics in the north have in fact long argued that they are second-class citizens, behind English-speakers.

Opinion: Modi's Approach To China Has Done Us Proud

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Friday May 19, 2017

This is, frankly, the first time that I have felt that the Modi government has taken a stand that the preceding government would have balked at doing.

Opinion: Indian IT Was Lazy, Slow And Ostrich-Like. Crisis No Surprise

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Tuesday May 16, 2017

We have created a slow and lazy IT sector, which invests too little in itself, in its people, and in the future.

Opinion: With Delhi Result, BJP Agenda Is Clear - Governance Not Included

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday April 26, 2017

Unlike the Congress when it was in power, the BJP understands the power of narrative - and the power of deflection. The Congress chose to weakly defend its record of governance, instead of changing the subject massively. The BJP, clearly, has no such intention.

Opinion: The Breathless Praise For Modi In "Getting" Vijay Mallya

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday April 19, 2017

There is something pathological about how we report and respond to news these days. Whatever may have happened, even if relatively routine and predictable, is presented as one of three or four narratives, mostly to do with Narendra Modi.

Opinion: Why Delhi Appears To Be Turning Against Kejriwal

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday April 13, 2017

Is Arvind Kejriwals dream dead? Perhaps. That is certainly one big possibility when one looks at the results being declared of by-elections across India. But before that, you have to ignore the rest of the noise.

Opinion: China Has Substantially Mishandled Relationship With Modi

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Friday April 07, 2017

It isn't India, but China that's playing with fire at the moment.

Opinion: A Review Of Chief Minister Adityanath's Early Days In Office

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday March 23, 2017

Choosing the direction of his government is entirely Adityanath's prerogative. If he believes that it should be oriented towards the three traditional Hindutva concerns - Ram, Cow and Muslim - then he has every right to push it in that direction, subject, of course, to the checks on executive authority that the constitution provides. Who knows? A government that acts ...

Opinion: Professional, Hungry BJP Outwits Congress Completely

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday March 15, 2017

What was the Congress thinking? That state governors are still 10 Janpath appointees instead of coming from Nagpur and Ashoka Road? It still has the entitled lethargy it displayed in government, and none of the hunger that a party that has practically no governments to its name should display.

Opinion: 3 Big Take-Aways From BJP's Uttar Pradesh Triumph

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Saturday March 11, 2017

Here's the big picture: Modi and Shah can celebrate. UP can perhaps look forward to what it has long lacked: co-ordination between state and central governments to solve development problems. In 2019, Modi will start with a giant head start. But he will also, for the first time be playing defence, with no state governments or Congress to blame. Let's see how he manage...

Opinion: Exit Polls Show Modi On A Congress-<i>Mukt</i> Roll

Opinion: Exit Polls Show Modi On A Congress-Mukt Roll

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Friday March 10, 2017

Of course, these polls will be forgotten once the real results start coming in on Saturday. But nothing that they have revealed dents the meta-narrative that has been true for months, even years, now: that Narendra Modi is proceeding swiftly, with assistance from the AAP, towards his long-term goal of a Congress-mukt Bharat.

Opinion: BJP's Huge Win Means It Will Also Inherit The Congress' Curse

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Friday February 24, 2017

Essentially, the BJP is the new Congress. And, in many words, terrible as this is for the Congress, it's not great news for the BJP either.

Opinion: Budget Shows Modi Has Found His Narrative For 2019

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday February 01, 2017

There is only one way to evaluate policy in Narendra Modi's India: how many patriotic WhatsApp messages can it spawn? By that yardstick at least, his government's fourth budget is a tremendous success.

Opinion: On Notes Ban, Modi Pulls Way Ahead Of The Opposition

Mihir Swarup Sharma | Monday January 09, 2017

Two months into Narendra Modi's demonetisation, the Opposition looks like it is still flailing for a response - at least in the short term. Speaking at the giant rally in Lucknow that revitalised his party's campaign, the Prime Minister wasn't shy about repeating the virtues of note-bandi, as he saw them: it was, he said a transfer from the corrupt rich to the virtuou...

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