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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | With institutions of democracy undermined, fears for the...

    Government blocked reports that reflected poor state of economy

    15 Nov 2022 12:12 AM IST

    Is it that we no longer care about tyranny and due process and individual rights? Or has it now become fine just because its not the foreigners who are doing it? (Representational Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Raj lessons for today’s India: Why do we see fewer...

    Last week my new book was out and its subject is peaceful protest by individuals. The question is -- why should one...

    8 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Pakistan is looking ahead to a general election next year. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Pak’s journey in 7 decades: Military juntas to...

    It has been 14 years since Pakistan’s fourth dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf left office as the country’s...

    1 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | How BJP’s line changed over civil liberties & social...

    The BJP has evolved over the years in an unusual manner, going from being conservative on social issues to radical. In...

    26 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Director grade scientist at National Institute of Nutrition Dr A. Lakshmaiah said the unfavourable parameters were not due to backwardness or poverty, but due to nutrition illiteracy. He said major portions of most meals were rice and there was a lack of dietary diversity. Representational Image/DCOpinion
    Aakar Patel | India at a new low in Global Hunger Index: Does anyone...

    Sometimes important things fall out of the news cycle and for this reason must continue to be emphasised. Journalists...

    18 Oct 2022 1:58 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | The rise & fall of India’s exports: Can we take it up to $1tr by 2030?Opinion
    Aakar Patel | The rise & fall of India’s exports: Can we take it up...

    In 2004, when Dr Manmohan Singh took over as India’s Prime Minister, the country’s merchandise exports stood...

    11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Indias Arshdeep Singh bowls during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati on October 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Why does Indian cricket deify the batsmen, but look down...

    The British media and cricketers from around the world continue to whine about India’s victory at Lord’s...

    4 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Is govt trying to finish off civil society & India’s...

    Last Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the words “Urban Naxals” to describe those he said were...

    27 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Can the whole of South Asia work as one to develop...

    We like to think India is in some way different from the rest of South Asia, but we’re really not. On the...

    20 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

    Members of BJP Mahila Morcha stage a protest demonstration in front of Bowbazar Police Station demanding immediate arrest of TMC MP Mahua Moitra for her remarks on Goddess Kali, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Protests can’t be limited only to ‘designated’...

    India’s Supreme Court has generously allowed citizens the right to protest “in designated areas”. It...

    13 Sept 2022 2:19 AM IST

    Pointing out that dozens of sale and purchase agreements have already been cancelled or put on hold, sources said that fear of crash in land price is also looming large.Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Can India do what it takes to make a big leap forward?

    The nations ahead of us are Germany, Japan, China and the United States

    6 Sept 2022 12:15 AM IST

    The Security Council holds a meeting to address the invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations headquarters on February 28, 2022 in New York City. (AFP)Opinion
    Why do we want a permanent seat at UNSC? If we get it, what will we...

    A permanent, veto-wielding seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is India's right, according to India....

    30 Aug 2022 8:54 AM IST

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