Columns

December 26, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Good Governance Day sends wrong message on Xmas

For me, the year’s end invariably means Christmas, bringing its unique sense of renewal and joie de vivre. Turkey, plum cake and mulled wine on December 25 have been...

December 12, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Space for change in Kashmir, but BJP may miss the chance

The year 2014 has been the year of the lotus. The indefatigable Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine has taken the BJP to a spectacular victory at the Centre, won Maharashtra...

November 28, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Game is to hide: Srinivasan symbolic of deeper rot

Prime time news television thrives on the idea of a daily enemy, someone who can be court-martialled every night and then pronounced guilty by the news anchor playing the...

November 15, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Identity is not always destiny

A simple tweet, all of 140 characters, can be hazardous to one’s health as I have discovered to my cost yet again. Last Sunday, as Narendra Modi went in...

November 3, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Modi and me

My 26-year career in journalism has parallelled the journey of two individuals who have achieved iconic status. The first front page article I got a byline for was Sachin...

October 31, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Rahul Gandhi has to lead his troops

Daughters can be unusually prescient: Taking a first look at my book, 2014: The Election that Changed India, she asked why the cover had pictures of both Narendra Modi...

October 17, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Why Modi-Shah duo will win Maharashtra

Political judgements based on opinion polls are hazardous at the best of times, but when there is a five-cornered fight like in Maharashtra, pollsters are often whistling in the...

October 3, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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“American way of life”

If Narendra Modi’s triumphant visit to the United States was marked by a series of photo-ops, two stood out: the first was in New York’s Central Park where the...

September 22, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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BJP at the crossroads: What the party can learn from bypolls results

Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection...

September 5, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Conundrum of modern political life: A leader’s two sides

Politicians are notoriously schizophrenic: I have met any number of netas who can be wonderfully warm and polite when they are off camera but turn into rabble-rousing venomous public...