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Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to govern

Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to...

What is today India’s dominant political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had a history of putting a pause on...

17 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi’s 3.0 govt to last for full 5 yrs, but can do only what allies permit

Aakar Patel | Modi’s 3.0 govt to last for full 5 yrs, but can do only...

Minority governments have two major concerns. Clearing votes of no-confidence and passing legislation. The first,...

10 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Why Modi bhakts, ‘influencers’ of the Right, are so angry as world changed

Aakar Patel | Why Modi bhakts, ‘influencers’ of the Right, are so...

Like many of you I have avoided social media content produced by those referred to as “right wing influencers”, more...

3 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

While we are going to Ukraine and Poland to end violence all around the world, it is instructive to see what the world...

27 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | After PM’s talk of a secular civil code, can govt publish a draft?

Aakar Patel | After PM’s talk of a secular civil code, can govt...

In his August 15 address from Delhi’s Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government would work...

20 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Can Bangladesh control attacks on minorities, move to secular future?

Aakar Patel | Can Bangladesh control attacks on minorities, move to...

The events in Bangladesh and the Sheikh Hasina government’s overthrow have come with predictable violence especially...

13 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Bid to regulate social media will fail, govt needs to hear its critics

Aakar Patel | Bid to regulate social media will fail, govt needs to...

The dictionary defines the word “propaganda” as being “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used...

6 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Why are Modi supporters not happy over Union Budget

Aakar Patel | Why are Modi supporters not happy over Union Budget

The supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been vocal about their disappointment with the Budget. Especially...

30 July 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Trouble for BJP as extremists taking advantage with top leaders weakened

Aakar Patel | Trouble for BJP as extremists taking advantage with top...

The weakened leaders of ideological parties are always vulnerable to those willing to be more extreme than them. This...

23 July 2024 1:17 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Constitution gives right to propagate religion… But laws make it an offence

Aakar Patel | Constitution gives right to propagate religion… But laws...

Do Indians have freedom of religion? Meaning, do they have the right to invite others into their faith and the right to...

16 July 2024 3:06 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Biden vs Trump: Can Joe convince America he’ll be fit 4 more years?

Aakar Patel | Biden vs Trump: Can Joe convince America he’ll be fit 4...

America’s President Joe Biden, who is 81, says he will not drop out of the election in November and intends to be...

9 July 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If India claims US report is ‘biased’, why not counter it, not just criticise?

Aakar Patel | If India claims US report is ‘biased’, why not counter...

On Friday, June 28, India’s external affairs ministry put out a strong statement against a report from the United...

2 July 2024 12:10 AM IST