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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAGs working shows it remains opaqueOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG's working shows it remains...

    The CAG is the supreme audit institution of India and is expected to promote financial accountability and transparency...

    17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | What will make India great? The nations rise, or peoples benefitOpinion
    Aakar Patel | What will make India great? The nation's rise, or...

    The world’s largest economy is the United States, which has a GDP of $26 trillion. Then comes China with $19...

    10 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | If you have eyes…The many ways in which govt targets Indias minoritiesOpinion
    Aakar Patel | If you have eyes…The many ways in which govt targets...

    Four centuries ago, a British ambassador, Sir Henry Wotton, defined a diplomat as “an honest gentleman sent to lie...

    3 Oct 2023 12:08 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Extrajudicial & encounter deaths: Focus only after external pressure?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Extrajudicial & encounter' deaths: Focus only after...

    Extra-judicial killings are normal in India and are called encounters. They refer to the State’s murder of an...

    26 Sept 2023 12:16 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Opp. right not to be part of rigged game with some pro-govt anchorsOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Opp. right not to be part of rigged game' with some...

    The arguments against the boycott are various, including press freedom and the “Emergency”

    20 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | What will special session take up? No one knows, not even the CabinetOpinion
    Aakar Patel | What will special session take up? No one knows, not...

    A report was published on Saturday, September 9, with the headline “Joint sitting of both Houses to bid farewell...

    12 Sept 2023 12:22 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in IndiaOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in...

    I have a novel out this month, and also an event that discusses the role of fiction writing in engaging with the...

    5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    The Dragon capsules two men and two women are looking to spend three days going round and round the planet. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Progress in space should excite us, lead to a better...

    The last astronauts had landed on the moon 50 years ago. The last names of those Americans were Cernan, Evans and...

    29 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | From secularism to communalism, and back: Varied paths in India & PakOpinion
    Aakar Patel | From secularism to communalism, and back: Varied paths...

    New laws amending the Indian Penal Code should alert us to where we have come from and where we are headed. Pakistan...

    22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Riots in India are different from mob fury in other nationsOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Riots' in India are different from mob fury in other...

    The word “riot” is defined as a “violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd”. Generally, the...

    15 Aug 2023 12:07 AM IST

    The mobile internet services were suspended till August 5 in Nuh, and violence-hit places. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Kashmirisation' spreads to rest of India: Rules flouted,...

    Four years ago, when the Kashmir move was made (what a different time that was: before CAA, before the farmers’...

    8 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Making Aadhaar compulsory for births, deaths to revive NRC rowOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Making Aadhaar compulsory for births, deaths to revive...

    The Union government is planning to enact registration to make Aadhaar registration compulsory for births and deaths. If...

    1 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST

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