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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peaceColumnists
    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?Columnists
    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?Columnists
    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 criticsColumnists
    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 BudgetColumnists
    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 weakenedColumnists
    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 offenceColumnists
    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?Columnists
    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?Columnists
    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

    Aakar Patel | After recent poll results, will we witness a change in ‘Godi Media’?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | After recent poll results, will we witness a change in...

    After 2014 India became familiar with the phenomenon of the “Godi Media”, a phrase coined by the Magsaysay...

    25 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Modi 3.0 govt looks much like Modi 2.0: Just like old wine put in a new bottle...Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Modi 3.0 govt looks much like Modi 2.0: Just like old...

    India’s new government has a new Cabinet which is pretty much like the old Cabinet. The ministers for home, finance,...

    18 Jun 2024 12:56 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why PM’s advice to party, allies to ‘ignore the news’ will fail to work…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why PM’s advice to party, allies to ‘ignore the news’...

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the NDA allies in the Central Hall of the old Parliament building just days...

    11 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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