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Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Rajdeep Sardesai: Salim Durani played cricket king size, never allowed pressure to imprison him
Former India cricketer Salim Durani died at 88. Few have symbolised the rare carefree spirit of life and sport quite like him.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: Team India is a symbol of a better, diverse and more unified India
The Indian cricket team is driven forward by a genuinely meritocratic spirit, unchained by privilege or a sense of entitlement.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: Thank you Rahane and Co, in gloomy times we needed a blissful moment like this
Brisbane 2021, and indeed this series, must be seen as arguably India’s finest ever overseas cricket performance. It couldn’t have come at a better time too.
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Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘A regime contemptuous of checks and balances’: Rajdeep Sardesai on the first year of Modi 2.0
An excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai’s new ‘Afterword’ to his book ‘2019: How Modi Won India’.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: The rise of Uddhav Thackeray, the accidental chief minister
A year after Maharashtra’s three-wheeler coalition assumed power, Uddhav Thackeray has not only stayed afloat – he is a leader transformed.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: 10 takeaways from the Battle for Bihar
From a new M-Y equation to the cult of Modi, some phenomena that became visible with the voting.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Of ‘kaamdars’ and ‘naamdars’: Why Modi wants to identify himself with Dhoni’s legacy
The small-town cricketer’s rise to stardom is the kind of success story that the politician from Vadnagar likes to claim as his own.
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Of ‘kaamdars’ and ‘naamdars’: Why Modi wants to identify himself with Dhoni’s legacy
The small-town cricketer’s rise to stardom is the kind of success story that the politician from Vadnagar likes to claim as his own.
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Rajdeep Sardesai explains how marketing professionals run Narendra Modi’s and BJP’s social media
An excerpt from Sardesai’s ‘2019: How Modi Won India’.
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The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Farewell, Wadekar Sir
The former India captain, who died at the age of 77 on Wednesday, was someone who was married to Indian cricket.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: Why are India’s political leaders unwilling to be held accountable to the press?
This June 2017 column is part of the journalist’s book about news in the Modi era.
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Was Sanjay Dutt a terrorist?: It’s grey, says Rajdeep Sardesai as he recalls Mumbai’s ’92-’93 trauma
Definitions of criminality, justice, and possibly even who is seen as a terrorist, may depend on social status and just who is available to stand up for you.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces