• September 5, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

An ugly parochialism

Dear Raj, This is the second open letter I am writing to you since, as was the case four years ago, you refused to do interviews in any language...
  • August 22, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Douse the fire, now

For a city which has seen so much bloodletting in recent years, it is rather strange that Mumbai’s elite still gets shocked every time the city erupts into another...
  • August 8, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Tyranny of distance

In an emotionally surcharged and polarised polity, even riot politics can become a zero-sum game. So any television debate on Gujarat 2002 must necessarily draw an analogy to the...
  • July 25, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Game for democracy

July 26, 2012 These are not the happiest of times for the aam admi. A paralysed government, an obstructionist opposition, an economy in decline, a deficit monsoon, why even...
  • July 11, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Don’t play it safe

Salman Khurshid is easily among the brightest politicians in the country: a former Oxford don, he became a union minister at 38. When he speaks, it is with a...
  • June 27, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Clash of the titans

Before a major heavyweight boxing title bout, there are sideshows on the day’s entertainment. Call it a teaser or a trailer, the aim is to whet the appetite of ...
  • June 14, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

No questions, please

Move over George Bush, Baba Ramdev is here. In the course of a recent interview, I asked India’s tele-friendly yoga guru-turned-black money avenger, the source of his great wealth....
  • May 30, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

It’s a cosy little club

Politicians are notorious for doublespeak, which is why their public positions are often dictated to by private agendas. So when a Lalu Prasad calls for a ban on the...
  • May 17, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

No laughing matter

The grand old  man of Indian cartooning RK Laxman has a delightful anecdote that embodies the charm of  political cartooning. Soon after the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Laxman lampooned Prime...
  • April 18, 2012
  • Rajdeep Sardesai

Not a luxury suite

Five years ago, one ‘almost’ broke the story of India’s next president. Amid feverish speculation, a source sent an SMS: “Congratulations! India is getting its first woman president and...