Rajdeep Sardesai

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Lotus could bloom in UP

Predicting the outcome of an Uttar Pradesh election can be injurious to health. In 1993,…

Oh, to be 21 again

A young woman spoke out against the politics of hate, on friendship with Pakistan, on…

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Today Narendra, tomorrow Devendra?

One of the first press conferences I covered as a rookie reporter was of Bal…

UP: ten takeaways

It’s the half way mark in the crucial election battle in UP. It is impossible…

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The UP Muslim ‘vote bank’ predicament

The complicated and controversial notion of a Muslim vote bank stretches back to the first…

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Congress will remain a C team player

Five years is an eternity in Indian politics. As Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav beamed…

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It’s now ‘Modi vs All’

The BJP and the Shiv Sena were once seen as ‘natural allies’ but life for…

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Will politics shrink in 2017?

We live, to put it mildly, in “interesting times”. This is an age where TV…

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Happy New Year!

A few days ago, while on vacation, I got a throat viral. Illness on holiday…

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Has Modi done an Indira?

Last month in an interview I asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi if she would concede…