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Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai is senior journalist, author and TV news presenter. His book 2014: The election that changed India is a national best seller that has been translated into half a dozen languages. He tweets as @sardesairajdeep

Articles by Rajdeep Sardesai

Reading continuity in a fractured verdict

New Delhi, Jun 12 (ANI): NEET aspirants protest against the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Ritik Jain) (Ritik Jain)

Updated on Jun 27, 2024 15:18 IST

Mandate shows limits of strongman politics

TOPSHOT - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2L) flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party’s win in country's general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by ARUN SANKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 15:53 IST

Ten key takeaways from the elections

Women queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the sixth phase of voting in India�s general election, in village Tigaon on the outskirts of Faridabad on May 25, 2024. India is voting in seven phases over six weeks to ease the immense logistical burden of staging an election in the world's most populous country. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

Updated on May 30, 2024 17:31 IST

M factor in the polls is the mahila voter

Nadia, May 13 (ANI): Women voters stand in queue to cast their votes for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in Nadia on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on May 16, 2024 16:38 IST

Low polling carries message for parties

People from Kattunayakar tribe stand in a queue to cast their ballot at a polling station during the second phase of voting of India's general election in Wayanad district in Kerala on April 26, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

Updated on May 2, 2024 19:45 IST

A referendum on Modi’s leadership

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, in Chennai, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_09_2024_RPT303A)

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 16:30 IST

Limits of Opposition’s ‘save democracy’ plank

New Delhi, India - March 31, 2024: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, NCP (Sharad) leader Sharad Pawar and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann and others during I.N.D.I.A. bloc's 'Loktantra Bachao' rally at the Ramlila ground, in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 4, 2024 16:30 IST

Elections 2024 is a match of unequals

TOPSHOT - A college student has her face painted to spread awareness for first generation voters during an election campaign ahead of India's upcoming national elections in Chennai on March 19, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

Updated on Mar 21, 2024 16:30 IST

BJP’s push to bridge the North-South gap

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated during a public meeting, in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief K Surendran are also seen. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Mar 7, 2024 16:33 IST

Congress-mukt Bharat to Congress-yukt BJP

Rahul Gandhi’s yatras are a good exercise in re-building a lost mass connect, but episodic journeys can’t compensate for years of organisational neglect (ANI FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 22, 2024 15:07 IST

A Chandigarh window on Indian democracy

BJP mayoral candidate Manoj Sonkar won the Chandigarh mayoral elections.

Updated on Feb 8, 2024 16:30 IST

The Mandir moment as the Modi moment

Ayodhya, Jan 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, in Ayodhya on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 15:38 IST

Navigating the fault line of Ram Mandir politics

Ram Mandir is ready for “pran pratishtha” (consecration ceremony) of Ram Lalla (the child Ram) on January 22. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 11, 2024 16:24 IST

Chronicles foretold of our exciting times

Towards an India where Neeraj Chopra's golden glory spawns many champions of the future

Updated on Dec 28, 2023 16:43 IST

With no level-playing field, elections are a mismatch

The BJP has the clear advantage of the Modi factor in the last decade. (Arun Sharma/HT)

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 16:30 IST

Cricket to politics, a nation in awe of idols

India's Virat Kohli celebrates his 50th ODI century during the semi-final match against New Zealand in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023.

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 17:04 IST

Reversal of roles for BJP, Congress in MP

The BJP’s publicity material has Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi typically towering above all others.

Updated on Nov 16, 2023 17:24 IST

Maratha quota stir is a sign of a state in decline

Protesters during bandh for Maratha reservation. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 2, 2023 17:05 IST

Avoid grandstanding on the war in Gaza

Israel-Hamas War: A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp Gaza Strip.

Updated on Oct 19, 2023 16:47 IST

How they took away the spirit of my game

Ahmedabad: (L-R) Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan, Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka, South Africa's Tembba Bavuma, New Zealand's Kane Williamson, India's Rohit Sharma, Pakistan's Babar Azam, England's Jos Buttler, Australia's Pat Cummins, Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi, and Netherlands' Scott Edwards pose for photos with World Cup trophy during the Captains' Day event ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, in Ahmedabad, Wednesday.

Updated on Oct 5, 2023 16:26 IST

A post-dated Bill of rights ahead of polls

Will the carrot of women’s reservations transform a patriarchal political milieu?

Updated on Sep 21, 2023 16:53 IST

Why is govt backing simultaneous polls?

Simultaneous elections were the norm until 1967, but the premature dissolution of some state assemblies in 1968 and 1969 and advancement of parliamentary polls to 1971 in the wake of the split in the Congress, disturbed the harmony. (Representational photo)

Updated on Sep 7, 2023 16:42 IST

Can BJP’s 3-pronged attack win in 2024?

In 2014, Modi was the archetypal outsider (ANI)

Updated on Aug 24, 2023 16:03 IST

Ten lessons from no-confidence motion debate

This no-confidence motion was never about the numbers but a more intangible perception war

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 17:51 IST

End the whataboutery around Manipur crisis

The Manipur Students’ Union at a protest against the ongoing violence, in Imphal. (ANI)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 16:24 IST

In Maharashtra battle, Pawar is down but not out, yet

For a while, his Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP’s) core dilemma has been — After Pawar, who?

Updated on Jul 14, 2023 16:09 IST

Manipur requires an urgent healing touch

Targeted violence, of the kind seen in Manipur, is not new in India ani

Updated on Jun 29, 2023 13:07 IST

Country above IPL: What BCCI must do to help Indian cricket

Virat Kohli reacts after being dismissed by Australia's Scott Boland in the WTC Final

Updated on Jun 16, 2023 06:12 IST

Break the silence on the wrestlers’ protest

The protesting wrestlers need to be applauded and not demonised (Jitender Gupta)

Updated on Jun 1, 2023 13:30 IST

The K’taka verdict can worry the BJP

PM Modi-led BJP remains a favourite to win in a national election but the aayega to Modi hi swagger may need dialling down (PTI)

Updated on May 18, 2023 16:12 IST

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