Pakistan – Breaking Views – Rajdeep Sardesai

April 8, 2022
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Why two nations bowled out two prominent netas

These aren’t the best of times for cricketers turned netas in the sub-continent. In Pakistan, Imran Khan has been forced out of the prime ministerial chair after losing a...

March 14, 2019
Rajdeep Sardesai
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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...

February 28, 2019
Rajdeep Sardesai
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War games in election season

War is not a cricket match and an air strike should not be reduced to a political spectacle. But we are in election season which might explain the well-choreographed...

August 2, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Imran Khan: A Man of Many Parts

In December 2013, cricketer turned politician Imran Khan was in India for the Hindustan Times leadership summit. The Delhi election results had just been announced and Arvind Kejriwal had...

June 8, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Why India must play Pakistan more, not less

If paanwallahs in north India are a signpost for the election breeze, then taxi-drivers in London are often astute sports forecasters. When my London cabbie turns out to be...

May 2, 2017
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Boycott Pakistani Mogambos on TV!

Last night, I was watching a familiar face from Pakistan venting bile on Indian news television: a self styled ‘political-military analyst’ Syed Tariq Pirzada has made it his professional...

September 30, 2016
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Modi’s firm message but can war-mongers be kept at bay?

In the universe of the 24×7 media, there is literally no place to hide. Which is why it should come as no surprise that a video of Prime Minister...

September 2, 2016
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Pakistan is neither heaven nor hell

At a time when actor-politician Ramya has bizarrely had a sedition case filed against her for claiming “Pakistan is not hell”, let me test the waters of sedition by...

January 24, 2016
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Modi Pak policy: maturity or duplicity?

Heads of our soldiers are being cut but we are feeding their prime minister chicken biryani. This country is ruled by weak leaders,” Narendra Modi speech in May 2013....

April 21, 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai
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The Rahul Circus

Rahul Gandhi is back, and so is the silly season in the media. One of the silliest things we do (this writer included) is to ‘rate a speech’. Yesterday,...