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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Amrit Mahotsav: Do we celebrate past, or what we’ll...

    The four stages of life, according to some of our Hindu texts, are brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and sanyasa....

    16 Aug 2022 12:25 AM IST

    Midhani, said: We are the only manufacturer of titanium alloys and major supplier of super alloys in India. Midhani has indigenously developed and supplied various special metals and alloys required for Isros space programmes from its first mission and continues to support all of Isro missions. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Will India get left behind as world speeds up space...

    The government told Parliament this month the Indian Space Research Organisation will conduct its first abort...

    9 Aug 2022 12:06 AM IST

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Despite harsh laws, India can’t become a police state

    Real question is whether the impulse of State is to move towards greater liberty for individuals or greater restrictions...

    2 Aug 2022 7:21 AM IST

    Supreme Court (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Why is nation’s highest court failing to act on...

    It has been about five years since the Central government’s electoral bonds scheme had been challenged in the...

    25 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | A benign mask for whole world; fangs bared to citizens...

    India’s government does not want to be recognised abroad for what it is — a majoritarian, authoritarian State

    19 July 2022 12:07 AM IST

    An aircraft flies above the slums near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. (Representational Photo:AP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | India must work hard to catch up; world is changing...

    The International Monetary Fund says that for the foreseeable future Bangladesh is expected to be ahead of India

    11 July 2022 11:58 PM IST

    Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair (in white cap) is escorted by policemen at the Patiala House Court in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018, in New Delhi on July 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | State’s targeting of Zubair, others will make...

    It is the Union govt’s agencies under home minister Amit Shah that have been misusing their vast powers to destroy the...

    4 July 2022 11:51 PM IST

    The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a probe into the Pegasus spyware snooping. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Courts, even SC, shouldn’t be the only place to go to...

    The courts are important, but they are not the only place where citizens’ rights can be defended or claimed

    27 Jun 2022 11:50 PM IST

    Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India...

    There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much...

    20 Jun 2022 11:30 PM IST

    Muslims protest after offering prayers at Mecca Masjid against nupur sharma and naveen jindal for insulting statements against prophet. (DC)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesn’t get...

    BJP must not do things that give the outside world a chance to lecture us

    14 Jun 2022 2:20 AM IST

    A young Muslim wears a face mask to protect against coronavirus as Muslims gather to pray at Minhaj-ul-Quran Mosque, at the start of Eid al-Adha, in London. AP PhotoOpinion
    Aakar Patel | From secular to communal: The changing story of India &...

    Today, there is no Muslim chief minister in India for the first time since 1947

    7 Jun 2022 12:45 AM IST

    Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)Opinion
    Failure of India’s bureaucrats to stand up for what’s right is...

    It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

    31 May 2022 12:31 AM IST

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