Narendra Modi – Page 10 – Breaking Views

April 26, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
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The Modi challenge: Aspirations Vs Mutinies

If prime minister Narendra Modi was not a politician, he could probably be a feel-good guru. Mr Modi’s signature characteristic has been his ability to constantly radiate a positive...

March 15, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Modi Vs All

In the mid-1990s, as VP Singh was scrambling to help form a non-BJP, non-Cong ‘Third Front’ government, we asked the former prime minister if such a ‘khichdi’ government was...

March 5, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Battle for North East: Ten takeaways

Maybe it’s the skill of prime minister Modi to convert every state election into a ‘national’ battle but never before has an election result to three small states in...

March 1, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The Chowkidar against corruption?

The defining image of the 1989 Lok Sabha elections was VP Singh campaigning across the country and claiming that he had in his pocket the Swiss bank account number...

February 20, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

When NiMo meets NaMo

When NiMo meets NaMo One good thing in the often joyless times in which we live is the flowering of satire and cartooning on social media (yes, RK Laxman’s...

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...

December 19, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Gujarat: Urban-rural is split wide open

If there is any city that is seen to represent the public anger over demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, it is Surat. Textile traders had shut shop...

December 11, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

The battle for Gujarat: Ten Takeaways

Having spent more than a week in Gujarat –a state that I regard as both karmabhoomi and Janmabhoomi –over three recent trips, here are ten takeaways from an election...

December 7, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

battle for Gujarat: BJP is winning election, losing narrative

It may be coincidental, but it is perhaps only appropriate that the Gujarat elections are being held in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition....

November 27, 2017
TeamRS
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