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July 28, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Why free speech is losing in India

There is freedom of speech but we cannot guarantee freedom after speech” — Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada. India in 2022 is hardly the turbulent Uganda of the 1970s,...

July 15, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Towards a Single Party Electoral Democracy

Are the 2024 general elections done and dusted already? A loaded question that hints at the ascent of a single party electoral democracy is now being increasingly answered in...

July 14, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Will it be a Modi hat-trick in 2024?

Are the 2024 general elections done and dusted already? That’s a loaded question that hints at the ascent of a single-party electoral democracy, but recent political developments suggest that...

June 30, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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BJP looks to capture Sena’s political space

Whoever becomes chief minister, the remote control will always be with me.” Sipping a glass of white wine while seated on a silver throne-like armchair, that was Shiv Sena...

June 30, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Shiv Sena’s ‘Maha’ battle for Survival

‘Whoever becomes chief minister, the remote control will always be with me.” Sitting on a silver throne-like armchair, sipping a glass of white wine, that was Bal Thackeray’s...

June 16, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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What ails the Indian TV media industry

In the aftermath of the Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal controversy, the Indian television (TV) news media has been targeted by the Left and Right. The former argues...

June 16, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Wake up Call for TV News: Dont Profit from Hate

In the aftermath of the Nupur Sharma controversy, the Indian television news media is being targeted from left and right. The left-liberal voices argue that news television is culpable...

June 2, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Why India’s federal compact is eroding

In 2014, Narendra Modi became only the second Indian Prime Minister (PM) to ascend to the top post while being a sitting chief minister (HD Deve Gowda was the...

June 2, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Centre Versus States: The Battle Within

One of Narendra Modi’s most striking achievements when he first came to power at the Centre in 2014 was just how easily he seemed to make the transition from...

May 19, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Congress Must break with Past to Build New future

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That famous quote erroneously attributed to renowned physicist Albert Einstein might well typify the state...