Opinion: Rahul Gandhi Inherits A Party, But Is Unlikely To Turn It AroundMihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday November 23, 2017 The real question has never been whether Rahul Gandhi will take over the post of President of his party. It is whether he will try to be Prime Minister -- and, if not, who the Gandhi Congress' choice will be.Opinion: Rahul Gandhi Cannot Win Gujarat, But Here's What He Must ProveMihir Swarup Sharma | Friday October 27, 2017 For the Gandhi Congress, this energy is not I think a battle for revival, it is a battle for survival. They are not looking to win, they are simply trying to look like a credible opposition. For even along that limited axis, they seemed to have been failing earlier.Opinion: Arun Jaitley Just Proved Arun Shourie RightMihir Swarup Sharma | Tuesday October 24, 2017 India's public sector banks have been weighed down by bad loans -- which means they are unable to lend more without further stressing their balance sheet.Opinion: When Rahul Gandhi Starts Getting Retweeted More Than ModiMihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday October 19, 2017 @OfficeOfRG got 2,784 retweets in September on average, as compared to 2,506 for Modi and and 1,722 for Arvind Kejriwal. So far in October, they say, he's scoring even better, at 3,812.Opinion: Modi Has A Problem, But Rahul Gandhi Unable To Capitalize On ItMihir Swarup Sharma | Friday October 13, 2017 There's no doubt that there's at least some amount of discontent at the state of the economy, and how it has affected people's personal fortunes.Opinion: Did Modi Just Admit To Leading India's Second-Worst Government?Mihir Swarup Sharma | Friday October 06, 2017 It was a typically impressive Modi performance, mingling mythological references (Karna's gloomy charioteer in the Mahabharata) with robust defences of his record in office, repositioning of himself as an "outsider", and, of course, the usual trenchant attacks on the Congress.Opinion: Where Is Modi, The Economic Modernizer?Mihir Swarup Sharma | Tuesday September 26, 2017 Now that growth has naturally slowed, as was inevitable, given the policy choices that Modi made, how will he balance these narratives? Can he afford to lose those middle-class voters who might actually conclude that he has done a bad job with the economy?Opinion: Wrong To Attack Modi On High Petrol PricesMihir Swarup Sharma | Friday September 15, 2017 It's a constant puzzle to me that so many of the critics of the Narendra Modi government - including, in fact led by, the Congress party - want to blame it for some of the few things it does right on the economy. The current attack on the government's pricing policy for petroleum products such as petrol is Exhibit A here as far as I'm concerned.Opinion: Spin Aside, This Is How To Read Modi's Cabinet ChangesMihir Swarup Sharma | Sunday September 03, 2017 Don't get lost in the praise, the spin, and the triumphalism. This is a confused reshuffle from a government that cannot find its way to providing effective governance.Opinion: Modi Regime Wise To Not Claim Victory Over ChinaMihir Swarup Sharma | Monday August 28, 2017 This was diplomacy, not war. What matters is this: cooler heads have prevailed, on both sides.Opinion: Supreme Court's 9-0 Verdict On Privacy Changes Us ForeverMihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday August 24, 2017 The BJP, of course, has swiftly moved to do what it does best: trying to take credit for something it has nothing to do with, or perhaps solidly opposed.Opinion: What Trump's Speech On India And Pak Means For Modi GovernmentMihir Swarup Sharma | Tuesday August 22, 2017 There is much that New Delhi can take away that is positive from Trump's latest broadside.Opinion: In Dealing With China, Modi's Running Out Of OptionsMihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday August 16, 2017 For reasons internal to China, this confrontation has provoked a response that is unparalleled in its rhetorical ferocity and that also shows no signing of slowing down.Opinion: Nitish Kumar's Ideology Wins The Day, No DoubtMihir Swarup Sharma | Thursday July 27, 2017 Of course, it is pure coincidence that Kumar's JD(U) and the BJP together have a majority of one in the Bihar Assembly. Such things as arithmetic can have no bearing on Kumar's decisions, only his conscience does.Opinion: Venkaiah Naidu Rewarded For More Than Loyalty To ModiMihir Swarup Sharma | Tuesday July 18, 2017 Only two people know the reasoning behind decisions taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party: Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Venkaiah Naidu may have wanted the job, but that's not usually an asset in Modi's eyes, or Shah's. So what else could have set him apart from the pack?1234567...8