Rajdeep Sardesai

415 Articles Published | Follow:
The contrasting styles of leadership in BJP and Congress

Amidst the din over the Congress president election, almost unnoticed was a news item quoting…

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…

Rahul_Gandhi_and_Subhankar_Sarkar
Bharat Jodo: Congress’s Yatra for Revival or Gandhi family Survival?

Of all the data points that reveal the contrasting fortunes of the BJP and the…

Towards a Single Party Electoral Democracy

Are the 2024 general elections done and dusted already? A loaded question that hints at…

BJP_and_Shiv_Sena_flags
Shiv Sena’s ‘Maha’ battle for Survival

‘Whoever becomes chief minister, the remote control will always be with me.”   Sitting on…

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…

Centre Versus States: The Battle Within

One of  Narendra Modi’s most striking achievements when he first came to power at the…

800px-Flag_of_the_Indian_National_Congress
Congress Must break with Past to Build New future

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”  That…

‘Revenge’ Politics and the Neta-Police nexus

“Converting our hard earned democracy into a police state is simply unthinkable and if the…

Bulldozer with an ominous message

“You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince a majority that…