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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Key Bills’ Passage Without Scrutiny by House Panel Is Always a Bad IdeaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Key Bills’ Passage Without Scrutiny by House Panel Is...

    Voice votes and no committee review — democratic safeguards sidelined in a rush

    22 Dec 2025 7:57 PM IST

    Aakar Patel| Good Governance Gets Much Harder: Are Optics Enough To Satisfy Indians?Columnists
    Aakar Patel| Good Governance Gets Much Harder: Are Optics Enough To...

    When the airline business grinds to a halt and airports across the country are an angry mess, the solution is to...

    15 Dec 2025 10:40 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | How The Ayodhya Frenzy By Advani Transformed India, Put BJP In PowerColumnists
    Aakar Patel | How The Ayodhya Frenzy By Advani Transformed India, Put...

    In February 1989, at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, the VHP said it would lay the foundation stone for the temple in...

    9 Dec 2025 12:24 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those Held Without Trial?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those...

    As programme coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez helped build one of the...

    1 Dec 2025 10:49 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Is Kashmir Times Targeted Because It Is Standing Up For J&K’s Rights?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Is Kashmir Times Targeted Because It Is Standing Up For...

    On June 2, 2020, the Narendra Modi government announced “New Media Policy 2020”, a policy that was specific to Kashmir....

    24 Nov 2025 10:55 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But Do We Bother?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But...

    On the UNDP’s Human Development Index, India’s rank in 2014 was 130 and its rank today is unchanged. The UN report says...

    17 Nov 2025 11:55 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | How Mamdani Won New York Despite Money Power of RivalsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | How Mamdani Won New York Despite Money Power of Rivals

    More than $40 million was spent by corporates backing Andrew Cuomo to paint Zohran Mamdani as a “terrorist”. They lost...

    10 Nov 2025 11:25 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And Was Quietly ShelvedColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And...

    The “Smart Cities” mission was set up with a concept note that said the aim was to make cities that would offer “decent...

    3 Nov 2025 7:45 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Could Mamdani Win NY Mayoral Poll, Give Politics New Focus in US?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Could Mamdani Win NY Mayoral Poll, Give Politics New...

    Democratic nominee leads ahead of November 4 election after a grassroots campaign.

    27 Oct 2025 9:59 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | What Will We Do With Our Veto If Got a Permanent Seat at UNSC?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | What Will We Do With Our Veto If Got a Permanent Seat at...

    A few days ago, again, India went to the United Nations and asked that the institution reform itself. Formed in 1945...

    21 Oct 2025 8:30 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | In 1991, China Was At The Same Level As India. Now, Why It’s Five Times Ahead…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | In 1991, China Was At The Same Level As India. Now, Why...

    On the cusp of liberalisation, whose date we mark as July 24, 1991 (when finance minister Manmohan Singh presented his...

    13 Oct 2025 9:40 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | World Is Taking Note Amid Surge In India’s Human Rights ViolationsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | World Is Taking Note Amid Surge In India’s Human Rights...

    In January, Uttarakhand had passed rules enforcing a Uniform Civil Code. It mandates the registration of live-in...

    7 Oct 2025 12:50 AM IST

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