Rajdeep Sardesai

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Surname of the game

India’s two main national parties are facing distinctly contrarian leadership dilemmas: while the BJP is…

It is one vs the many

It is not without reason that the BJP in recent times has been referred to…

Trouble with home minister Shinde

Every home minister of the country has had to live literally in the shadow of…

It’s noise, not news

American pop art icon Andy Warhol was probably right: everyone is looking for their 15…

The game’s wide open

There is nothing journalists and the viewer love more than a ‘big fight’. A Roger…

We must speak up now

It has been my experience that the best way to deal with political rabble-rousers is…

Communication error

In the classic BBC political satire serial, ‘Yes Minister’, the minister Jim Hacker asks his…

Modi versus the rest

Travelling into Gujarat during election time is like entering the kingdom of an absolute monarch.…

A polarising figure

‘Don’t insult me by calling me a politician. I am a political cartoonist!’ warned the…

Advantage Modi

Predicting elections can be injurious to the health of journalists and pollsters, more so when…