Straight Bat – Page 17 – Breaking Views

November 5, 2022
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When The State Collapses

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #morbipullcollapse #gujaratmodel #bilkisbanogangrape #cmharyana Images of workmen hastily refurbishing the crumbling civil hospital in Gujarat’s Morbi ahead of a prime ministerial visit offer a glimpse of...

October 29, 2022
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India’s Sunak Moment

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #rishisunak #ukprimeminister This has been a week when a slice of history has been created: Britain has just anointed in Rishi Sunak, its first prime minister...

October 22, 2022
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India Pakistan Cricket Yeh Dil Maange More

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #bcci #jayshah #pcb #indiavpak #asifsaeed #australia #t20worldcup2022 #melbourne Now, all eyes this Diwali weekend are on an India-Pakistan cricket match in Melborune to kick off the...

October 15, 2022
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How Dada was Bowled Out by BCCI

#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep #sauravganguly #jayshah #rajeevshukla #rogerbinny #bcci Sharad Pawar has lost only two elections in a 50 year plus career in public life. The first was as Congress president...

October 1, 2022
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India’s most powerful CMs

This has been a week that has confirmed what I have felt for years: the Congress is and remains India’s longest running political soap opera. Which other political party...

September 24, 2022
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Congress ka King Kaun

Won’t take you back to 1939 and the famous election when Subhash Bose narrowly defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s chosen candidate Pattabi Sitaramaya. Instead I take you the election of 1997...

September 17, 2022
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A Dress Code for Netas

Whats in a shirt.. well, not much unless you happen to be a public face like Rahul Gandhi. Then, the shit can hit the ceiling if you get your...

September 10, 2022
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The yatra that changed India

One of the top stories of the week has been the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress ‘Bharat jodo yatra’. For the Congress, it is perhaps another shot at political revival, an...

September 3, 2022
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‘Azad’ or ‘Modi Fied’

Has Ghulam Nabi ‘Azad’ become truly ‘Azad’ from the Gandhis as his supporters have claimed or is he ‘Modi-fied’ as his critics allege.. or is the truth somewhere in...

August 27, 2022
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Kahan Gaye Woh Din

This week, I am turning the clock back a bit and getting a tad nostalgic. This has been a week where the news of NDTV being taken over by...