Rajdeep Sardesai – Page 25 – Breaking Views

July 28, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
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The six lies of Bihar

No political journalist’s education is complete without understanding Bihar. If Mumbai’s business is business, then Bihar’s business is politics! In no other part of the country — not even...

July 24, 2017
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Cricket’s chak de moment

In the early 1980s, Diana Eduljee, who was then the Indian women’s cricket team star bowler, would bowl at the Cricket Club of India nets in Mumbai. “Whatever you...

July 21, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Bengal, Kerala: the BJP’s last frontiers

When a few days ago, Delhi BJP leader Nupur Sharma tweeted pictures of the 2002 Gujarat riots and attempted to pass them off as Bengal 2017, she was only...

July 8, 2017
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An abusive Phone Call

Why aren’t you in Basirhat, you bloody xxxx Muslim supporter, an anonymous caller asked me last night. I normally don’t respond to the abusive callers but for some reason...

July 7, 2017
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A tale of two ‘events’

This is a tale of two distinct events: One staged by the common citizen, the other by our VVIPs. The ‘Not in My Name’ protests were held in several...

June 27, 2017
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The Poison of ‘kuch log’

Last night, I interviewed Junaid Khan's father Jallaluddin when he said something that left me numb: 'why do they hate us so much sir that they kill us because...

June 23, 2017
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Silence please, we are in power!

“We don’t need to be told by media or opposition what we need to do for farmers. We would rather listen to farmers and not to carping, negative opposition...

June 8, 2017
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Why India must play Pakistan more, not less

If paanwallahs in north India are a signpost for the election breeze, then taxi-drivers in London are often astute sports forecasters. When my London cabbie turns out to be...

May 27, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Law above faith: Triple talaq is moment of truth for secular liberals

A good lawyer doesn’t allow personal convictions to get in the way of a challenging brief is one of the valuable lessons we were taught in law school. It...