Rajdeep Sardesai

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Jayalalithaa: FIlm star politician number one!

As an MP, actor Govinda had one of the worst attendance records in Parliament: He…

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Farewell Dileep

If there is one thing Dileep Padgaonkar probably enjoyed even more than a finely written book or article, it was crab curry rice and tisrya (clams) at Anant Ashram, a quaint little restaurant in Mumbai’s Kotachi Wadi that served authentic Goan Saraswat cuisine, The restaurant closed a few years ago; now the man who gave me my first full time job is also no more.

Demonetisation: Modi risks winning battle, losing war

For those still surprised by prime minister Narendra Modi’s audacious demonetisation gamble, the past maybe…

Trump, Modi and the liberal media bias.

In the aftermath of Narendra Modi’s victory in the 2012 Gujarat assembly elections, a much-respected…

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Tele-democracy, Trump and Modi

The latest opinion polls in the US are suggesting a much tighter race for the…

Family first politics

In the build-up to the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections, I was travelling with Akhilesh Yadav…

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Sarkar Raj

So Raj Thackeray has proven yet again that he is a true heir to his…

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Stop the ‘marketing’ of surgical strikes

In the 1980s when Rajiv Gandhi had chosen to attack his opponents by warning that…

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Modi’s firm message but can war-mongers be kept at bay?

In the universe of the 24×7 media, there is literally no place to hide. Which…

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AAP at the crossroads

Writing obituaries of political parties can be a hazardous business. In July 2014, an international…