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Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai comes with 20 years of journalistic experience during which he has covered the biggest political stories in India. Prior to setting up his own channels, he was the Managing Editor of both NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India and was responsible for overseeing the news policy for both the channels. He has also worked with The Times of India for over five years and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition at the age of 26. During the last 20 years, he has covered major national and international stories, specialising in national politics. He has won numerous other awards for journalistic excellence, including the prestigious Padma Shri for journalism in 2008, the International Broadcasters Award for coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for 2007. He has won the Asian Television Award for talk show presentation and has been News Anchor of the year at the Indian Television Academy for six of the last seven years. He is presently the President of the Editors Guild of India. He has done his Masters and LLB from Oxford University and has also played cricket for the Oxford University team.

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what a weekend

Saturday , January 07, 2006 at 20 : 19


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At CNN-IBN, we have all the enthusiasm that anyone would if they were dealing with a new born baby. Every day, for us is a new day, a day full of excitement and unexpected surprises. For now, we are young and free of the cynicism that sets in after years in the business. Thats why we've enjoyed this weekend so much. here we are a two week old channel, and we've had interviews done with the two most powerful persons in the sub-continent: Sonia Gandhi and now Pervez Musharraf. You can't get two more diverse personalities than Sonia and the general. Sonia is a reluctant politician, Musharraf is a consummate general-politician.Sonia is a woman of very few words, Musharraf loves the sound of his own voice. Sonia is a reluctant interviewee, Musharraf loves giving interviews. Sonia prefers to be a private person, Musharraf loves being in the public eye. To have two such contrasting individuals on one channel in one week has been a morale-booster for us at IBN. It gives us a sense of belief that we are already being taken seriously. And yet, the most fun that I've had was interviewing Imran and Kapil together. Two legends, two heroes, two individuals who have been so much part of our childhood, both world cup winning captains. Anchoring love of cricket (LOC) with Kapil and Imran was an experience I will never forget. Through the programme, i felt less like a professional journalist and more like a cricket fan. Maybe, there is a child in all of us which surfaces every now and then. This was one such occasion. should have become a sports journalist rather than having to follow the netas...

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