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June 25, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Ruling the roost in Raj Bhavan: do we really need governors?

A former UPA minister relates a delightful story of an ex-judge who had been identified to head the contentious ‘Snoopgate’ probe. The judge declined the offer but had an...

June 12, 2014
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India high on interest, low on facilities as Fifa World Cup kicks off

Forget power cuts, ‘Ache din’ are here for the Indian sports fan. Over the next few weeks, the world will be tied into football fever. We will be dazzled...

May 28, 2014
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Narendra Modi must shun adversarial politics

The new joke in the corridors of power is that if in the last five years the country suffered because it didn’t have a strong government, the next five...

May 14, 2014
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Rahul to Akhilesh, Ajit Pawar to media: Modi needs to thank them

Barring a miracle, at some stage on Friday, Narendra Modi will be poised to fulfil his long-cherished ambition of being the next prime minister. Yes, exit polls have a...

April 30, 2014
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Box office hit: How Modi managed media focus

In this open season against the media, the prime minister has chosen to weigh in by describing the “Modi wave” as a “media creation”. It is almost as if...

April 16, 2014
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Choiceless by choice? A NOTA vote is a cop-out

A vote is meant to be a secret ballot, but here is an honest confession: Last Thursday, as I entered the polling booth, I was confronted with a strange...

April 2, 2014
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Modi needs to look beyond high-profile individuals

He is an expert in turning a lie into the truth. It is the BJP’s principle to divide the nation and rule. Wherever the BJP government is in power,...

March 22, 2014
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Time for media to turn the gaze inwards

The editor as the gatekeeper of news is being replaced by the editor as fixer or editor as larger-than-life egoistical ‘star’ This is open season against the Indian media....

March 5, 2014
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In Indira’s image: How Narendra Modi is similar to a Gandhi

Narendra Modi today claims to derive inspiration from Sardar Patel and Swami Vivekananda even if his original icon was the long-serving RSS chief Guru Golwalkar. Patel and Vivekananda are...

February 20, 2014
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AAP’s long-term future will not be decided by TV

The phrase ‘tyranny of distance’ was first used by writer Robert Hughes in his epic book Fatal Shore on the history of Australia, a country seemingly burdened by its...