Elections 2019 – Page 2 – Breaking Views

January 2, 2019
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Kaun Banega Pradhan Mantri? Game on!

As the temperatures sharply dip in the national capital, the political heat is rising. The BJP’s defeat in three Hindi heartland states means that we enter a big general...

December 20, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Why BJP should worry, not be in denial

In 2004, a few weeks before the general elections and a day after the Lucknow stampede in which 21 poor women were killed while collecting free saris, then prime...

August 6, 2018
TeamRS
Book Launches, Video

Who will win the big battle of 2019

July 19, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The social media election is here!

Amit Shah is often credited as the BJP president who has converted Indian elections from routine local fights into an all-out life and death ‘war’. Little surprise then when...

February 15, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Will 220 be the new 272?

February is arguably the nicest month weather-wise in the national capital: the icy Himalayan wind gives way to a gentler cool breeze signaling a gradual change of seasons. This...

March 17, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Can opposition take on Modi in 2019?

In the aftermath of the 2014 general election debacle, I asked a senior Congressman how his party would now battle the Narendra Modi juggernaut. “Not to worry, we have...

October 13, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
Uncategorized

Open letter, part 2

What a fine letter you have penned (without wasting any ink!): it is reassuring to find that a graduate degree from Xaviers still has its benefits. Allow me to...