Shekhar Gupta's work includes some of the most significant investigations in contemporary journalism in the region: from Indira Gandhi's Operation Blue Star to the disastrous Indian intervention in Sri Lanka, from tracking Pakistan's politics and military to the first Afghan jihad and its effect in Kashmir.A recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2009, India's third highest civilian honour, Gupta is currently working with Business Standard and pens a weekly column National Interest, which appears every Saturday.
