Hindu-Muslim – Breaking Views

July 24, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Food Politics and Kanwar Yatra

For several years now I have been doing a television programme, ‘Elections on My Plate’ that takes viewers on an election campaign trail with food as an added attraction....

June 25, 2022
TeamRS
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No ‘Profit’ From Hate

In the aftermath of the Nupur Sharma controversy, the Indian television news media is being targeted from left and right. The left-liberal voices argue that news television is culpable...

June 16, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Wake up Call for TV News: Dont Profit from Hate

In the aftermath of the Nupur Sharma controversy, the Indian television news media is being targeted from left and right. The left-liberal voices argue that news television is culpable...

May 1, 2022
TeamRS
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कौन है Navneet Rana?

There is a wonderful movie on at the moment on Disney Hotstar called Kaun Hai Pravin Tambe.. it’s the feelgood story of how a near unknown cricketer from Mumbai...

April 22, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Bulldozer with an ominous message

“You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince a majority that they are victims of a minority, and that only you can protect them.’ Garry...

April 17, 2022
TeamRS
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In the Name of Ram

This week, Ram Navmi celebrations have seen communal violence erupt in over half a dozen places. Am I anguished, yes. Am I surprised? No. I have said this in...

January 15, 2022
TeamRS
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BJP’s OBC Challenge

Adityanath’s 80:20 formulation comes at a time when the BJP is battling to retain its crucial non-Yadav OBC voters who comprise nearly 35 per cent of the electorate. The...

January 14, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The 80:20 election and what it means for India

Yogi Adityanath has never hidden his saffron robes in politics. Which is why it wasn’t a surprise when the Uttar Pradesh chief minister called the elections in India’s most...

March 12, 2021
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

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...

September 25, 2020
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Hate is in the Air

Covid 19 is not the only virus stalking the nation. Hate is in the air with social media acting as a super-spreader. Last week, on the death of prominent...