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Tushar Gupta,
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101 EssaysSince November 2025
Captain Smit Machchhar Saves The Day
India’s Voters Are Fast Becoming Transactional
Stop Fearing India's $110 Billion China Deficit
Why You May Not ‘Feel’ The GDP Growth?
Modi Must Build the Cities States Won't
India's Fiscal Nightmare: The Strait of Hormuz
What if International Crude Prices Dictated Petrol Pump Prices?
Why Is The Prime Minister Travelling To Indonesia and Australia
Welcome to PolityPolicy.Com
India's Worst Balance Sheet
The Monk Who Runs State Finances Like a Ferrari
The Brutal Reality About 'The Gujarat Model'
State Governments Are Borrowing, Not to Build, But to Breathe
Why State Governments Have No Money For Asset Creation?
Our State Governments Have 'Commitment Issues'
Visual Story: How Close is the BJP to a Special Majority
Why Regional Parties Should Be Voting For Delimitation
Did The War In Hormuz Impact India's Global Trade?
Post-Bengal Win, Can BJP Get The 131st Passed In The Lok Sabha?
What Explains BJP's Ruthlessness Against The TMC
The BJP Needs Its Version of CJP: Capitalist Janta Party
Schrodinger's Annamalai?
India's Gold Market Wants To Send Modi An Urgent Message
FPIs Are Exiting India, But Who Are They, Really?
From Dharavi To Delhi Gymkhana Club
Why A Gen Z Revolution Is Impossible in India?
Are You Being Cheated At The Petrol Pump By The Government?
Data Point: Why Modi Is Not Manmohan?
Why PM Modi Wants You to Delay Gold Purchases, Cut Fuel Use & Work From Home
Did Muslims Really Vote For The BJP In West Bengal?
BJP 148*: The Math To Hit Majority Mark
Too Close To Call: 53 Seats That Will Decide West Bengal Election
Mission Bengal: 45 Seats Where BJP Must Defeat TMC
SIR or Voter Surge: All 294 Seats Decoded Here
Who Is Winning West Bengal's 294 Seats?
142 Seats of Phase 2: Decoding BJP's Best Bets
Outside Presidency, BJP is Eyeing These Seats In Phase 2
All Eyes On The Presidency Region In Phase 2
Why TMC Remains Invincible In South 24 Parganas?
Can The BJP Make Critical Gains In North 24 Parganas?
If BJP Has To Win Bengal, It Needs To Win These Two Regions
Is SIR Behind The 93.19 Per Cent Turnout In West Bengal?
West Bengal Election Series: 35 Seats of Malda and Murshidabad
West Bengal Election Series: Predicting 42 of the 294 Seats
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
131st Amendment Has Fallen; What's Next?
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
West Asia War: What Trump Can Learn From Modi
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week?
Has India Picked A Side in the West Asia War?
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week?
The Economics of Regional Rapid Transit Systems (RRTS)
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week?
Should GCs Have A Separate State?
Welcome to the Age of Internet Zombies
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
YouTube Channels are the New TV Soaps
Calm Down, India Won't Give Up On Russian Crude
India-US Trade Deal: Clearing The Doubts
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Why You Must Read: Two Schools of Monetary Thought
UGC, Caste, and Politics of 'Equity'
Mainstreaming Caste Cartels Is A Bad Idea
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Why You Must Read: Stock Market on Steroids
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
URGENT: We Must End UPSC Romanticism
Why You Must Read: The Most Complex Machine On Earth
Maharashtra, M.E.T.H., and M.E.P.H.
Welcome To The Biggest Marketplace In The World
Apple's 'China+1' Strategy is Working Well for India
The Cost of the Manufacturing Bus India Missed Between the 1980s and 2000s
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
India's Manufacturing Ambitions Get A Reality Check
Why You Must Read: China's Not-So-Subtle Control of California
Will Trump Hit India With 500% Tariffs?
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Why You Must Read: The Dark Side of Green Energy And Rare Earths
India This Year: 25 Events That Shaped 2025
From The Apex Court: The Art of Wasting Time
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
India's 'Foxconn' Moment: Why New Delhi Must Learn From Beijing
What's Going On In The Aravalli Range, Really?
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
Karnataka Congress: Curbing Hate Online to Cool the Planet
What No One Tells You About Delhi's Air Pollution
MGNREGA On Ventilator
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week
A Census...But For Bureaucracy Alone
Rahul Gandhi's Broken Time Machine
Monday Briefing: What India Taught Us Last Week?
Why Narendra Modi?
For GOI, Fixing IndiGo Is Easier Said Than Done
India's Discourse Is Trapped In A Black Hole
Sanchar Saathi Without Sanchar | QuickTake #2
Congress's Caesars
Do Not Politicise the Dead, Harry. Politicse the Living
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