Blog – Page 146 – Breaking Views

October 16, 2014
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Book Interviews

Is Bengal emerging as a new hub for terrorism?

West Bengal is in a terror tangle that has left its Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee red faced. Following the recovery of arms made by the NSG and the NIA,...

October 16, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Exit, exit polls?

The tyranny of television rating points has meant that exit polls are now part of the great Indian election tamasha. Let me make an honest confession: I am a...

October 15, 2014
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Book Interviews

Chandrababu Naidu assures 48 hour fix for Vizag

As footage from Hudhud damaged Vizag showed the utter chaos in the city – with long queues waiting for relief packages and the vendors in the area highly inflating...

October 15, 2014
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Book Interviews

Was Shashi Tharoor’s punishment warranted?

MP Shashi Tharoor has been removed as the spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party, with the approval of Sonia Gandhi, it appears. This is because Tharoor saw it...

October 15, 2014
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Book Interviews

Sena does a U-turn after their ‘chaiwala’ jibe

It appears that the Shiv Sena has had a change of heart after their ‘chaiwala’ jibe and wants to distance itself from the backlash it fears the comment will...

October 13, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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In memory of Khushwant

It takes a book festival in Kasauli to get away from the noise of news. A weekend in the bracing hills of Himachal to attend the Khushwant Singh literary...

October 10, 2014
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Book Interviews, Book Launches

Uddhav Thackeray: What’s wrong if I aim to be CM?

Here is Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray speaking exclusively to Rajdeep Sardesai, where he excoriates the BJP and the Congress, both for different reasons. He says that the BJP...

October 9, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
Uncategorized

Farewell MV Kamath

In February this year, I met MV Kamath for the last time. Kamath, a veteran journalist, was dean of the Manipal Institute of Communication and had invited me to...

October 6, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
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From Gaddar to Haider

Cinema often holds a mirror to society. Remember those macho 'war' films of the 1990s: the Gaddars and the Borders that glorified the army and projected Pakistan as the...

October 3, 2014
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

“American way of life”

If Narendra Modi’s triumphant visit to the United States was marked by a series of photo-ops, two stood out: the first was in New York’s Central Park where the...