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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

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

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...

31 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

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

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...

24 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

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

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...

17 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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

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...

10 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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

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...

26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

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

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...

19 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

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

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...

12 Nov 2024 12:22 AM IST

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

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...

5 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Middle and upper class need to bring change to India… For, only they can

Aakar Patel | Middle and upper class need to bring change to India…...

Let us discuss what is called merit. The British middle class is 60 per cent of the population. The working...

29 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Amid US-Canada row, our lack of a national security strategy is telling

Aakar Patel | Amid US-Canada row, our lack of a national security...

The international rules-based order is a euphemism for the jungle rule that defines global power politics....

22 Oct 2024 12:26 AM IST

Aakar Patel | New govt in J&K a positive sign; some L-G powers will shift to CM

Aakar Patel | New govt in J&K a positive sign; some L-G powers will...

A new government will be formed this week in Jammu and Kashmir after its first election in 10 years, shifting...

15 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to the Opposition

Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to...

The fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and there are many, sense a drift and a lack of purpose in this...

8 Oct 2024 12:04 AM IST