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Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Aug 31, 2020 · 02:31 pm
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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Aug 31, 2020 · 06:30 am
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’.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Dec 25, 2019 · 08:30 am
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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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Aug 16, 2018 · 08:40 am
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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Aug 10, 2018 · 08:30 am
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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Jul 09, 2018 · 11:31 am
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The journalist as neta: Rajdeep Sardesai on Kumar Ketkar accepting a Rajya Sabha nomination
Once a journalist enters the political domain, he or she sheds any pretence at independent journalism.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Mar 13, 2018 · 01:30 pm
Media has chosen to polarise society as nationalist versus anti-national, says Rajdeep Sardesai
The journalist spoke on the responsibilities of the media in the age of social media during the Dileep Padgaonkar Memorial Lecture.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Nov 28, 2017 · 06:30 am
‘A new dawn in Indian cricket’: Remembering Sachin Tendulkar’s iconic Ranji Trophy debut
Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai recounts in his book ‘Democracy’s XI’ how a 15-year-old Mumbaikar rose to stardom.
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· Oct 24, 2017 · 09:30 am
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Why are ‘nationalistic’ TV channels paying extremist Pakistanis to sell hatred against India?
It is time to switch off people who have made it a business to sell hatred and violence.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· May 02, 2017 · 06:22 pm
Discussing Kashmir, I almost felt like an ‘anti national’ speaking for Jewish rights in Nazi Germany
My India First involves putting Indians first, be they Kashmiris or jawans or any law-abiding citizen, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Apr 17, 2017 · 12:30 pm
Rajdeep Sardesai on the media: Sense has been replaced by sensation, news by noise
On Saturday, the journalist spoke on the challenges confronting journalism at the Venkatesh Chapalgaonkar Memorial Lecture. Here is the full text of his speech.
Rajdeep Sardesai
· Apr 10, 2017 · 07:00 am
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