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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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Farmer leader Naresh Tikait stops wrestlers from immersing their medals in Ganga
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Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show
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Video: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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Reading list for young readers: The 12 books shortlisted for the 2023 Neev Book Awards
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How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?
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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: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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Watch: Slain singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s fans hold candlelight march on his first death anniversary
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Watch: Dancers continue unfazed as climate activists barge into Swedish dance show to disrupt it
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From discarded tents to oxygen tanks: Alarming video reveals garbage pile up at Mt Everest campsite
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Watch: Post-midnight celebrations by CSK fans across India as team wins fifth IPL title
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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.
Rajdeep Sardesai
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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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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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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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Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag return to a special event; Sindhu, Srikanth and Co in action
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Wrestlers’ protest: Global governing body condemns detention, threatens suspension of federation
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Hockey, Men’s Junior Asia Cup: India take on South Korea in semis after securing World Cup spot
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Farmer leader Naresh Tikait stops wrestlers from immersing their medals in Ganga
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Watch: Winning moments as Chennai Super Kings clinch IPL 2023 title to become five-time champs