Demonetisation – Breaking Views

November 7, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

DeMo@2: What’s to ‘celebrate’?

For a government which has mastered the art of event management and never missed an opportunity to ‘celebrate’ a slew of anniversaries, there has been a markedly muted response...

December 23, 2016
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Has Modi done an Indira?

Last month in an interview I asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi if she would concede that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a similar personality to Indira Gandhi, tough and...

November 25, 2016
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Demonetisation: Modi risks winning battle, losing war

For those still surprised by prime minister Narendra Modi’s audacious demonetisation gamble, the past maybe a useful guide. In 2007, just ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections, Mr Modi...

July 26, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Riots and Blasts: Memories of another Day

Long before 2002 Gujarat there was Mumbai 1992-93. In the histiography of riots, we sometimes forget Mumbai’s bloody days. I cannot. As a young journalist and proud Mumbaikar, it...