Gujarat 2002

Modi does not have to apologise for 2002: Jaitley

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today ruled out an apology from Narendra Modi on the 2002 riots, saying he does not have to do it to satisfy a "fake campaign" against him.

Why just MJ Akbar? His critics should explain their obstinacy too

It is good that journalists and politicians who change their stands are queried why. But is it a great virtue if you never change your stand, come what may?

Modi not guilty for Gujarat 2002: MJ Akbar's u-turn on Gujarat CM

In a column on The Economic Times today, MJ Akbar provides an explanation to why he joined BJP. The answer is not too difficult to guess: it is because of Narendra Modi.

Modi's pain on the Gujarat riots is for sympathy in 2014: Sibal

Modi’s riots baggage will remain. Had he been shaken to the core, the core would have reacted in time, not a belated reaction just before the Lok Sabha elections.

Gujarat riots: Why Modi's near-apology won't silence critics

Narendra Modi came close to making an apology over 2002, but for his critics nothing he does will ever be enough.

Gulbarg verdict: For Modi, no clean chit will be seen as clean

For Narendra Modi's diehard opponents, no verdict other than his conviction is equivalent to justice. A court today accepted the SIT closure report in the Gulbarg Society case as final, but his opponents will continue their crusade till the cows come home

Time for real liberals: Why Kejriwal should take up 1984

AAP must set itself up as a liberal force devoid of any baggage. Ensuring justice for the violence of 1984 in well thought out fashion is one way. Justice for 2002 will follow.

Decoding the Modi Q&A: Where he goofed, where he didn't

Decoding the Modi Q&A with Reuters throws up some pointers on where he is not at his best. His spin doctors have a lot of work to do on his rough edges

Why we love to hate Modi: We can hang our guilt on him

He is a smart politician who used 2002 to build his power base and then tried to do some good with that power and reinvent himself as a development man.

Gujarat 2002: Shall we go easy on the 'G' word please?

We tend to use the word "genocide" too easily to describe what happened in Gujarat in 2002. We should understand what the word means.