BJP - Sagarika Ghose

October 7, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The contrasting styles of leadership in BJP and Congress

Amidst the din over the Congress president election, almost unnoticed was a news item quoting BJP sources that JP Nadda would get an extension as BJP president in January....

September 23, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

When Maharashtra loses out to Gujarat’ s political power

From the country’s most powerful politician to one of the world’s richest persons, no Indian state has come close to matching the political and economic clout of Gujarat in...

September 10, 2022
Team RS
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The yatra that changed India

One of the top stories of the week has been the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress ‘Bharat jodo yatra’. For the Congress, it is perhaps another shot at political revival, an...

September 3, 2022
Team RS
Video

‘Azad’ or ‘Modi Fied’

Has Ghulam Nabi ‘Azad’ become truly ‘Azad’ from the Gandhis as his supporters have claimed or is he ‘Modi-fied’ as his critics allege.. or is the truth somewhere in...

July 16, 2022
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Video

Mind Your Language

Today, this is a straight bat with a difference.. because this week I am taking you my friends straight into the hallowed portals of the Lok Sabha, the heart...

July 15, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

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 2, 2022
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Video

Maha Coup : When Chess Meets WWE

Straight Bat with the back story on the BJP ‘Maha-coup’ Sena-led govt toppled:, ‘New’ Sena under Shinde; Pawar trumped; Fadnavis downsized; Delhi runs Mumbai. 1) Toppled the Udhav Thackeray...

June 30, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

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 18, 2022
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Video

RG at ED Boon or Bane?

This week, the political headlines have been dominated by Rahul Gandhi’s questioning by the ED.. with Congress workers and leaders protesting across the country. RG at ED Boon or...

June 10, 2022
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Video

So, Who is the ‘Fringe’?

One word has been often referred to in political conversation: a simple six letter word: ‘fringe’. That’s right: ever since an official response to anger in the Arab world...