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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    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

    Aakar Patel | Whats to gain by avoiding any problem… What is there to lose?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | What's to gain by avoiding any problem… What is there...

    What is gained when I avoid acknowledging that I have a problem? And what, if anything, is lost? The Prime Minister...

    25 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | The new race in space: Can India emerge on top? What lies next?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | The new race in space: Can India emerge on top? What...

    In the dozen years between 1957 and 1969, the Americans and the Russians went on a series of space races. The Russians...

    18 July 2023 12:28 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Amritkaal now upon us, but eco targets are far from being met!Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Amritkaal' now upon us, but eco targets are far from...

    Since we have entered the phase of Kartavyakaal it may be instructive to see what happened in Amritkaal. In 2017, the...

    11 July 2023 12:36 AM IST

    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

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