Rajdeep Sardesai

Day out at AMU
  • May 10, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

Day out at AMU

Aligarh Muslim university: the name conjures up images of another age. Like so much else in western UP, AMU too likes to live in its past glory. So I...
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  • May 1, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Columns

Two sides of TV News

Targeting news channels has become shooting practice, even a business model for some. Politicians abuse us, social media outrages against us, even media watchdog sites love to hang anchors...
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Thank you All!
  • April 28, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

Thank you All!

Prime minister Narendra Modi attracts strong, polarised responses: you either love him or hate him it appears. Which is why searching for the middle ground when it comes to...
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When Ashutosh cried
  • April 25, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

When Ashutosh cried

It is easy to be cynical of netas. So many of them have failed us that we now have little to feel sanguine about. So when a neta breaks...
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The Rahul Circus
  • April 21, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

The Rahul Circus

Rahul Gandhi is back, and so is the silly season in the media. One of the silliest things we do (this writer included) is to ‘rate a speech’. Yesterday,...
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Honouring Babasaheb
  • April 14, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

Honouring Babasaheb

A few years ago, we invited a public vote to decide on the greatest Indian after Mahatma Gandhi for the History tv channel. The winner, by some distance, was...
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Apologise Gen Singh
  • April 8, 2015
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Blog

Apologise Gen Singh

I interviewed General VK Singh before he became a minister. This was soon after he had retired amidst swirling rumours that he was planning to join politics after...
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