Rajdeep Sardesai

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Justice for Bilkis Bano: Why No Outrage

‘Itna sannata kyon hai bhai?” . Actor AK Hangal’s iconic dialogue in the film Sholay…

Bihar: the Last battleground

If political gymnastics was an Olympic sport, then Nitish Kumar would undoubtedly be a strong…

Free Speech Under Assault: Who will walk the talk?’

“There is freedom of speech but we cannot guarantee freedom after speech..” Ugandan dictator, Idi…

Towards a Single Party Electoral Democracy

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

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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…

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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…