2018 - Sagarika Ghose

April 26, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The Modi challenge: Aspirations Vs Mutinies

If prime minister Narendra Modi was not a politician, he could probably be a feel-good guru. Mr Modi’s signature characteristic has been his ability to constantly radiate a positive...

April 12, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Decoding the fake news debate

Smriti Irani has an uncanny knack of giving it back as good as she gets. Last month, in parliament’s central hall as her fellow-MPs gathered around to wish her...

April 6, 2018
Team RS
Video

Babul Supriyo: Hegde should be reprimanded for his remarks

March 29, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Its Just Not Cricket

“We were desperate,” admitted Australian captain Steve Smith when pushed to offer an explanation as to why his team had so brazenly attempted to tamper with the cricket ball...

March 25, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

The end of a love affair

I am not quite sure when I first fell in love with cricket but the Australians certainly had much to do with my early infatuation. Eknath Solkar was my...

March 15, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Modi Vs All

In the mid-1990s, as VP Singh was scrambling to help form a non-BJP, non-Cong ‘Third Front’ government, we asked the former prime minister if such a ‘khichdi’ government was...

March 12, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

The Journalist as Neta

Should journalists enter Rajya Sabha on a political party ticket? That’s a question that gnaws at me after Kumar Ketkar, a friend and early mentor, became the Congress candidate...

March 5, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Battle for North East: Ten takeaways

Maybe it’s the skill of prime minister Modi to convert every state election into a ‘national’ battle but never before has an election result to three small states in...

March 1, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The Chowkidar against corruption?

The defining image of the 1989 Lok Sabha elections was VP Singh campaigning across the country and claiming that he had in his pocket the Swiss bank account number...

February 26, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

RIP Himmatwali!

Last night, as I tuned into my nightly ritual of listening to a song before sleeping, Sridevi was top of the mind. The tv news since the morning had...