Rajdeep Sardesai – Page 37 – Breaking Views

April 3, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Losing semi-final is not ‘national shame’, farmer suicide is

On the night before India’s World Cup semi-finals with Australia, I innocently tweeted: ‘Heart with India, head with Australia.’ Within minutes, followers on my twitter account were enraged: Not...

March 30, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Thank you Michael!

Here’s a confession: I shed a tear yesterday when I heard Australian captain Michael Clarke speak so movingly about the role that Phil Hughes had in motivating Australia to...

March 28, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Book Reviews

AAP’s War Within

Which side are you on, a twitter follower asked me last night as the battle in the Aam Aadmi party gets increasingly messy. I tried to explain that as...

March 27, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Uncategorized

When TV is the villain

Last night, prime time news television (or a section of it to be more accurate) found its villain of the day to explain India's World Cup loss: Virat Kohli...

March 25, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Why we must not forget

I am often asked why I keep reminding viewers/readers/netizens of 2002 Gujarat. 'Look beyond it, the world has changed,' I am helpfully reminded. Yes, indeed it has. And I...

March 20, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

AAP politics: The khichdi has begun to smell

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, but what happens when the farce is played out time and again? Many years ago, I asked the veteran socialist...

March 8, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Farewell Editor

The last time I did an India at 9 debate on CNN IBN on June 2, 2014, Vinod Mehta was on the panel. As the debate was ending, Vinod...

March 6, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The marathon runner will win

Dear Rahul, An open letter is perhaps the best way to communicate. The reason I write is to add my two paise bit to the controversy over your decision...

February 23, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

PK Kaul Memorial Lecture

Let me first say that it is indeed an honour to be delivering the PK Kaul memorial lecture. Mr Kaul was one of the country’s most respected civil...

February 20, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

It’s too early to consider Kejriwal as magnet for anti-BJP forces

Call it "tyranny of distance” or simply the nature of the Delhi-centric 24x7 “national” media, but a day after Arvind Kejriwal’s famous win, the BJP swept the local body...