Crazy Kiya Re: ‘new’ India in crazy times
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of ...
Election Commission: Neutral Umpire or Twelfth Man?
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This is election season in India and I want to raise a contentious issue by posing a simple direct question: is the Election Commission a neutral umpire...
‘Aata Majhi Satakli’: the Singham Syndrome
‘Minister log mere peeche aur police log mere jeb mein rehte hai” (Ministers follow me and the police is in my pocket) The Hindi film industry has a unique...
Khaki ‘Gangs’ of Mumbai
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Today’s topic is the mysterious Ambani bomb scare case that has sparked so much controversy. Actually, I would rather call it the Mansukh Hiran case because at the...
‘Pro Muslim’ Party?: Congress’s ‘Secular’ Crisis
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At an India Today media conclave in early 2018, Sonia Gandhi made a rather candid confession: the BJP, she said, had managed to convince many people that the...
The hypocrisy of India’s secular polity
At an India Today media conclave in early 2018, Sonia Gandhi made a rather candid confession: the BJP, she said, had managed to convince many people that the Congress...
Dilip Sardesai: Stamping his legacy in the joyful islands of sun and sand
The first month in high school can often be unnerving and discomfiting in a new environment. As a six-year-old stepping into Mumbai’s Campion School in January 1971, I was...
50 years of Sunny Days
I am a 70s kid, or like to at least believe I am one. The 70s were India and Indira Gandhi’s decade of socialism and the emergency, which meant...
Sunny Days @ 50
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I am a 70s kid, or like to at least believe I am one. The 70s were India and Indira Gandhi’s decade of socialism and the...
What’s in a name?
#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep This week, the world’s largest cricket stadium was inaugurated in Ahmedabad; this week, India won a test match inside two days. Yet, the headline controversy was not...