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April 17, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Dear politicians, stop this malicious anti-media campaign

This is, it seems, open season for name calling against the media. The Union minister and former army chief, General VK Singh, describes journalists as ‘presstitutes’. He has probably,...

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...

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...

April 5, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

One-day cricket’s AstroTurf moment

The 2015 World Cup was fast and furious. But was it really cricket as we knew the sport, and will Team India be able to compete in a new...

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...