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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | The unreality' of India today: Nothing makes sense any...

    The second wave of Covid-19 had begun at the end of February, so the question is why spectators were allowed into the...

    23 March 2021 7:50 AM IST

    It was only under Lal Krishna Advani, and then especially under Narendra Modi, that the BJP became the mass-based electoral force it has become, from the cadre-based party that was the Jan Sangh. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what parivartan' it hopes to...

    The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to...

    16 March 2021 4:12 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | India's image in free fall, but govt in denial on real...

    The fact is that we do very well on political rights, and in fact the government gets 3/4 on transparency, which is...

    9 March 2021 11:25 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India's global reputation hit

    The Indian government today does not care what it does to Indians as long as it can continue on its path

    2 March 2021 10:33 AM IST

    The nations that follow India on the list of those with high taxes are all European nations, plus the United States and Japan. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Who's to blame for Rs 100 petrol: Nehru, Indira or Modi...

    India's consumers pay the highest rate of tax on the petrol and diesel that they consume

    23 Feb 2021 4:13 AM IST

    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Vital areas in kids' health left ignored in Budget 2021

    Poshan Abhiyan, the flagship programme meant to improve nutritional outcomes by 2022, was also damaged

    16 Feb 2021 7:23 AM IST

    While our government responded strongly to Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, with the external affairs ministry issuing a statement, it hasnt said anything on this downgrade, which more people will read and take seriously than someones tweet. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Democracy Index: Why India's rank now falling

    India has fallen from a global ranking of 27 in 2015 to 53 in 2020

    9 Feb 2021 4:02 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Modi’s eighth Budget looms, there’s still no...

    This shift from negative to positive will come with the illusion that there is record shattering growth, which is simply...

    30 Jan 2021 11:58 PM IST

    The India growth story is over and has been over for a few years now. You can make all the speeches that you want, you cannot argue against 39 straight months of slowing down. (Photo: Reuters)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Growth is just not picking up, but no end to ...

    We have entered the 13th consecutive quarter of economic slowdown in India

    26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Nehru a model of modernity… Why his vision & legacy...

    The problem is that nobody in the world of Hindutva has any vision — good, bad or indifferent — when compared to...

    19 Jan 2021 6:49 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights

    On January 26, Republic Day, we mark the day when we put in force the laws that make the people of India sovereign

    12 Jan 2021 1:58 AM IST

    Governments own data shows that Indians were earning and eating less in 2018 than they were in 2012 (Image:PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Fragile Index shows India is headed into a scary future

    India’s economic growth has slowed, declining to its lowest nominal level since 1978

    5 Jan 2021 4:26 AM IST

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