2023 - Sagarika Ghose

June 1, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Break the silence on the wrestlers’ protest

In a hyper-partisan age where opinion is often shaped by WhatsApp forwards, India’s protesting wrestlers have discovered how fickle public adulation can be. Those who feted our medal-winning wrestlers,...

May 27, 2023
Team RS
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RIP Parliament

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #modi #rahulgandhi #newparliamentbuilding #newparliament This weekend, India will get a new Parliament building. Typically of the hyper polarised times in which we live, the inauguration is not...

May 20, 2023
Team RS
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Mission 2024 BJP’s 10 Concerns

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #indiannationalcongress #bjpindia Karnataka verdict done.. now the big question blowing in the wind: will this verdict have any impact on the 2024 equations. At the very outset, my...

May 18, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The K’taka verdict can worry the BJP

Are you sure we are winning so comfortably?” the senior Congress leader’s voice on the phone sounded anxious. It was the night before counting day in Karnataka where an...

May 14, 2023
Team RS
Video

Verdict Karnataka 10 Takeaways

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May 6, 2023
Team RS
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Who is winning Karnataka? 10 takeaways

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #bjpindia #modi #rahulgandhi #indiannationalcongress #karnatakanews #karnatakalatestnews Who is winning Karnataka is a question that I have been often asked in the last 10 days. I Am usually...

May 4, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Will the double-engine rhetoric work in Karnataka?

Double-engine sarkar (government) is a term that has steadily crept into the political lexicon in the last nine years, since Narendra Modi became prime minister (PM). The double-engine rhetoric...

April 29, 2023
Team RS
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Crime, Netagiri and Justice

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbat #crime #anandmohansingh #atiqahmedhistory #NarodaGam #Malyana #Jaipurserialblasts #bilkis #derasachasauda #KirinRijiju #supremecourt #amitmalviya #nitishkumar This week, I want to turn your attention to the manner in which the criminal...

April 22, 2023
Team RS
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Satyapal Malik Ka ‘Satya’

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #pulwamaattack #karanthapar #rahulgandhi #thewirenews #karanthapar #satypalmalik #pulwamaattack #article370 #primeministermodi #pmo #rahulgandhi #adani This week my focus is on the former J and K governor Satyapal Malik who...

April 20, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Decoding UP’s nexus of crime and politics

In Uttar Pradesh (UP)’s notorious gang wars, even crime is seen through the prism of caste and community. This is why the sharply polarised reactions to the killing of...