Gujarat – Breaking Views – Rajdeep Sardesai

November 16, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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How Gujarat became synonymous with Modi

‘We built this Gujarat,’ roared prime minister Narendra Modi at an election rally in his home state soon after poll dates were announced. The prime minister’s rather grandiose assertion...

November 2, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Morbi: Not just a Bridge, it is the Collapse of The State

A recent viral video provided an accurate snapshot of the wretched state of India’s governance. Images of workmen hastily refurbishing the crumbling civil hospital in Gujarat’s Morbi ahead of ...

September 23, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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When Maharashtra loses out to Gujarat’ s political power

From the country’s most powerful politician to one of the world’s richest persons, no Indian state has come close to matching the political and economic clout of Gujarat in...

August 20, 2022
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Nirbhaya and Bilkis

Today a tale of two women: both who were gangraped one dead but would seem to have got justice the other alive but whose quest for justice has taken...

September 18, 2021
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‘Remote Control’ Gujarat Model

July 29, 2020
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Mystery COVID-19 Deaths: People Dying After Recovery In Gujarat

Even as Gujarat battles on with the pandemic having recorded over 54,000 cases and close to 2,300 deaths, doctors say they continue to discover new aspects of coronavirus and...

May 22, 2020
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Dark side of Gujarat Model

The much-trumpeted ‘Gujarat model’ is in a mess in corona times. Consider the following: Not only does Gujarat have amongst the highest number of corona virus cases in the...

January 17, 2020
Rajdeep Sardesai
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MS University to JNU: Gujarat model goes national

Long before Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), there was Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University, Vadodara. Named after one of the most enlightened rulers of princely India, the university was seen as...

March 14, 2019
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

When Pak-bashing becomes an Indian Election Issue

When Narendra Modi is on the campaign trail in his ‘janmabhoomi’ of Gujarat, his rabble-rousing rhetoric usually gets even more theatrical. Not surprisingly then, he chose a public rally...

July 31, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Decoding Gujarat’s ‘resort’ politics

If Bihar’s business is politics, then Gujarat’s business is business. The sharpest Gujarati minds have usually gone into ‘dhandha’: the stock market ups and downs worry the average Gujarati...