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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Why the RSS will be assertive when BJP is unsteady, to offer guidanceColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why the RSS will be assertive when BJP is unsteady, to...

    As the RSS celebrates its centenary, its enduring influence on the BJP raises questions about their intertwined...

    30 Sept 2024 6:30 PM

    Aakar Patel | Why FATF is key to India’s security: Govt must heed its advice over NGOsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why FATF is key to India’s security: Govt must heed its...

    Here are two headlines from this month: One was “FATF’s Thumbs-Up To India’s Efforts To Tackle Terror Financing, Money...

    23 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

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

    16 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

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

    9 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

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

    2 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    26 Aug 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    19 Aug 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    12 Aug 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    5 Aug 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    29 July 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    22 July 2024 7:47 PM

    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...

    15 July 2024 9:36 PM

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