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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Whats our actual national security doctrine? Can Doval spell it out?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | What's our actual national security doctrine? Can Doval...

    National security has been described as the “ability of a State to cater for the protection and defence of its...

    4 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why the BJP is pushing hard for a Uniform Civil Code nowOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Why the BJP is pushing hard for a Uniform Civil Code now

    In 2019, energised by his terrific Lok Sabha victory, the Prime Minister set off a series of ideological reforms. The...

    27 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Inaction is also a form of action: Does Modi follow the Rao mantra?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Inaction is also a form of action': Does Modi follow the...

    Thirty years ago, the cartoonist Sudhir Tailang drew an image of the then Prime Minister with a caption that had words...

    20 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Dont forget 16 of Bhima Koregaon: Its symbol of what needs to changeOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Don't forget 16 of Bhima Koregaon: It's symbol of what...

    This month marks five years since the first arrests in the Bhima Koregaon case. A total of 16 people were arrested,...

    13 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | The unreality of Akhand Bharat: What we must do to bring it aboutOpinion
    Aakar Patel | The unreality of Akhand Bharat': What we must do to...

    A story was reported on June 2 with the headline “Bengal couple accused of being ‘Bangladeshi...

    6 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | New building will not solve the key problems Indias Parliament facesOpinion
    Aakar Patel | New building will not solve the key problems India's...

    The problem that affects India’s Parliament is the quality of debate, the lack of time spent discussing important...

    30 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why the Congress won in Ktaka, and the BJP held on to its vote shareOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Why the Congress won in K'taka, and the BJP held on to...

    The Congress won in Karnataka though the BJP held on to its vote share. The Congress added five per cent to get to just...

    23 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | What was behind Cong Ktaka win: The questions that need to be askedOpinion
    Aakar Patel | What was behind Cong K'taka win: The questions that need...

    There are some key questions that must be asked of the Opposition parties, and I am sure that others will ask them. But...

    16 May 2023 12:39 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Indias foreign policy on Pak: No talking, and no handshakesOpinion
    Aakar Patel | India's foreign policy on Pak: No talking, and no...

    We have just hosted the foreign minister of Pakistan, a young dynast of the sort India is familiar with. His mother, who...

    9 May 2023 12:06 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Of sabka saath & beti bachao: The myth and reality in IndiaOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Of sabka saath' & beti bachao': The myth and reality in...

    'Beti bachao' is not a convincing phrase in the mouths of those who free convicted rapists for coldly-calculated...

    2 May 2023 7:44 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic dividend lackingOpinion
    Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic...

    New India is again the world’s most populous nation. Old India was also the most populous place in the world till...

    25 April 2023 1:00 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Hindu Rashtra via reinterpretation of the Constitution?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Hindu Rashtra via reinterpretation of the Constitution?

    There are two directions in which our present enthusiasm for majoritarian politics can go. I have long thought that...

    18 April 2023 12:39 AM IST

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