Rajdeep Sardesai

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Stuck in a time warp

Nitin Gadkari isn’t quite known to mind his language. A few weeks after he took…

From rumble to a roar

At a seminar in Delhi a few years ago, a soft-spoken, petite woman in a…

The topi has to fit

In the early 1990s, when TN Seshan as Chief Election Commissioner was the flavour of…

Playing to the gallery

Dear Mamata-di, Let me at the very outset express a sneaking admiration for the manner…

An ugly parochialism

Dear Raj, This is the second open letter I am writing to you since, as…

Douse the fire, now

For a city which has seen so much bloodletting in recent years, it is rather…

Tyranny of distance

In an emotionally surcharged and polarised polity, even riot politics can become a zero-sum game.…

Game for democracy

July 26, 2012 These are not the happiest of times for the aam admi. A…

Don’t play it safe

Salman Khurshid is easily among the brightest politicians in the country: a former Oxford don,…

Clash of the titans

Before a major heavyweight boxing title bout, there are sideshows on the day’s entertainment. Call…