Rajdeep Sardesai is senior journalist, author and TV news presenter. His book 2014: The election that changed India is a national best seller that has been translated into half a dozen languages. He tweets as @sardesairajdeep
Articles by Rajdeep Sardesai
Halo, goodbye beyond the byte
Electoral defeats for the Congress have dented Sonia Gandhi’s image, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Mar 02, 2007 05:31 AM IST
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Modi, Mody & Co
It's not just communal hatred that divides Gujarat but the lack of sense of remorse, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Feb 02, 2007 02:20 AM IST
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Modi, Mody & Co
?Vibrant? Gujarat is an economic success. But its social fabric is in tatters, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Feb 02, 2007 01:38 AM IST
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Ghosts in the machine
Television simply represents the world in titillating reality TV and citizen journalism, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Jan 04, 2007 11:44 PM IST
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Idle worship
The splintered Dalit movement has sacrificed Ambedkar?s legacy for tactical gains, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Dec 08, 2006 12:51 AM IST
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Idle worship
The splintered Dalit movement has sacrificed Dr Ambedkar?s legacy for tactical gains, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Dec 08, 2006 02:58 AM IST
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First information reportage
The media are not inflaming passions, but reflecting public outrage over the abuse of law, writes Rajdeep Sardesai .
Published on Nov 10, 2006 12:50 AM IST
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First information reportage
The media are not inflaming passions, but reflecting public outrage over the abuse of law, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Nov 10, 2006 11:18 AM IST
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Look backward in anguish
Kanshi Ram saw himself as a messiah of the marginalised. History will judge him less kindly, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Oct 13, 2006 02:53 AM IST
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Westside story
Rajdeep Sardesai takes us through the state of affairs in Maharashtra which, he says, is fast turning into a new Bihar..
Published on Sep 15, 2006 05:30 AM IST
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Westside story
Rajdeep Sardesai takes us through the state of affairs in Maharashtra which, he says, is fast turning into a new Bihar.
Published on Sep 15, 2006 02:34 AM IST
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Lotus in the mud
The BJP has to make hard choices if it wants to arrest its rapid decline into oblivion, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Aug 18, 2006 03:31 AM IST
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City unlimited
Empower the Citizen Mumbai not by eulogising his 'spirit' but by actually providing facilities, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Jul 21, 2006 03:34 AM IST
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City unlimited
What the Govt needs to do, therefore, is empower Citizen Mumbai not by eulogising his 'spirit' but by actually providing facilities that allow his talents and his philanthropy to flourish, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Jul 21, 2006 01:27 AM IST
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Nothing called a free kick
The Bengali, and most certainly the Goan, have always seen themselves as Brazilians in spirit, if not quite in style, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Jun 23, 2006 12:18 AM IST
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Turning on the nation
Unfortunately, at the moment, neither the Govt nor the students have shown any inclination for out of the box imaginative solutions that could end the stand-off.
Published on May 26, 2006 12:12 AM IST
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Man for all seasons
While Mahajan?s corporate style of politics may have angered the RSS old guard in particular, his persona is critical in understanding the evolution of the BJP from being a marginal party into a potent national force.
Published on Apr 28, 2006 09:41 PM IST
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Inner voice, outer space
It?s a style of politics that now typifies the Sonia persona: intensely personalised, aggressively self-righteous, with a strong, almost nun-like moral streak.
Published on Mar 31, 2006 10:37 PM IST
None | Beyond the byte | Rajdeep Sardesai
Amar Chitra Katha
Are we seeing the decline and fall of Amar Singh and his brand of politics? Rajdeep Sardesai finds out.
Updated on Mar 03, 2006 01:06 AM IST
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Amar Chitra Katha
You cannot help feeling a little sorry for Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh as he scurries from city to city, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Mar 03, 2006 12:36 AM IST
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Mumbai is no longer bindaas
Mumbai has always been seen as India?s most trendy city whose spirit is exemplified by one word: ?bindaas.? Now, that free spirit seems to be under threat.
Published on Feb 21, 2006 04:22 AM IST
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Look, it?s Teflonman!
For those who believe that in the age of 24-hour news channels, television can make or break politicians, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provides the perfect rejoinder.
Published on Feb 03, 2006 01:35 AM IST
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The score is finally even
For the next eight weeks, a billion people across the Indian subcontinent can afford to miss work. The neta can avoid the public rally, the babu can stay away from the files, the aam aadmi can simply stay at home.
Published on Jan 06, 2006 02:16 AM IST
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Sachin stands solid in vicissitudes
Tendulkar is our link to an India that existed before page three invaded our homes, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Updated on Dec 12, 2005 12:05 PM IST
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Why Bihar (still) matters
The state may be a paradox, but it represents India's slow transition to democracy, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Published on Nov 12, 2005 07:27 PM IST
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