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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | If Constitution had weak Centre, could Partition of India have been averted?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | If Constitution had weak Centre, could Partition of...

    A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet...

    27 Jan 2025 6:42 PM

    Aakar Patel | 3 major problems facing South Asia: Why don’t we learn from EU & Asean?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | 3 major problems facing South Asia: Why don’t we learn...

    What are the problems affecting those countries that made up pre-1947 India? There appear to be three...

    20 Jan 2025 6:40 PM

    Aakar Patel | Rights granted in the Constitution are often denied in actual practiceColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Rights granted in the Constitution are often denied in...

    As January 26 approaches, it is time to examine what the day means, apart from military parades and VIPs and...

    13 Jan 2025 6:40 PM

    Aakar Patel | Places of Worship Act, 1991: What stand will Centre take at SC hearing?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Places of Worship Act, 1991: What stand will Centre take...

    The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is a law to “prohibit conversion of any place of worship...

    6 Jan 2025 6:40 PM

    Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite warmly…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite...

    Much has been written and will be written about what Manmohan Singh was. Here are a few lines on...

    30 Dec 2024 6:32 PM

    Aakar Patel | 2025 is likely to be a defining year, but may not be welcome to allColumnists
    Aakar Patel | 2025 is likely to be a defining year, but may not be...

    What should we look forward to in 2025? I mean “look forward to” in the sense of anticipate rather than...

    23 Dec 2024 6:32 PM

    Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is governance…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is...

    In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters I compared India’s rankings on...

    16 Dec 2024 6:42 PM

    Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can grow, developColumnists
    Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can...

    The BJP’s Ram Madhav has written an article titled “For South Asia to grow, communalism must end”. It makes...

    9 Dec 2024 6:40 PM

    Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us tooColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us...

    India and Bangladesh share deep-rooted bonds of history, language, culture, and multitude of other...

    25 Nov 2024 6:40 PM

    Aakar Patel | India’s refusal to play cricket is not solving our main problem with PakColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India’s refusal to play cricket is not solving our main...

    If I have a dispute with you, I can solve it in one of three ways. One is by talking (“negotiation”). We...

    18 Nov 2024 6:42 PM

    Aakar Patel | Why Modi era is not ending soon; Rahul still has a long way to go…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Modi era is not ending soon; Rahul still has a long...

    The American journalist Bob Woodward (famous for his reporting of the Watergate scandal and the author, most...

    11 Nov 2024 6:52 PM

    Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human rightsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human...

    The United Nations Security Council has 15 members — five permanent and 10 elected. India has been a...

    4 Nov 2024 6:42 PM

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