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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Farmers won’t put trust in PM, dharna unlikely to be over soonOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Farmers won’t put trust in PM, dharna unlikely to be...

    Agriculture exports fell from $43 billion in 2013, before Mr Modi, to $38 billion last year

    29 Dec 2020 4:36 AM IST

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Aakar Patel | ‘Time bombs’ ticking in the Constitution are a worry

    The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment

    22 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Modi govt’s real eco strategy: To let Big Biz grow &...

    -'Atma Nirbhar-' privileges the industrialist over the consumer, but that is not the way that it is advertised

    15 Dec 2020 8:50 AM IST

    Farmers during their Delhi Chalo protest march against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Will Centre be forced to give in to the farmers?

    Notice the similarities between the farmers’ movement and the protests across the country against the citizenship...

    8 Dec 2020 8:36 AM IST

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during the first National Implementation Committee meeting on 75 years of Independence, in New Delhi on November 25, (PTI /Shahbaz Khan)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Looking at the future in fear as economy goes into...

    India’s economy has contracted for six months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the harshest lockdown in...

    1 Dec 2020 10:00 AM IST

    An Indian nationals returns to India after being stranded due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus, at the India Pakistan-Wagah Border Post, some 35 km from Amritsar on November 23, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | From testing to travel, India’s Covid handling process...

    A report from Bloomberg this week said that questionable testing in India could be the reason why our Covid-19 numbers...

    24 Nov 2020 12:01 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurates Ro-Pax ferry service between Hazira and Ghogha connecting South Gujarat with Saurashtra via the sea, in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
    Everything is looking bleak: Can Modi still bring change?

    It is the personal attractiveness and credibility of the Prime Minister that has yet again taken the BJP through in...

    18 Nov 2020 1:31 AM IST

    Four Indian Americans, including a Muslim woman and a former White House technology policy advisor, have won state and local elections held in the United States on Tuesday. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Amid new dawn in the US, India may now have to work differently

    Most Indians may not know that in April India was earmarked as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the USCIRF

    8 Nov 2020 4:19 AM IST

    Election Commission of India.Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and...

    It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that...

    27 Oct 2020 6:38 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)Opinion
    Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can’t fix all our problems

    This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita...

    20 Oct 2020 1:31 AM IST

    It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.Opinion
    Aakar Patel | If you do not admit there’s a crisis, you can’t...

    The problem is a major one, and it affects not just the Prime Minister but hundreds of millions of people across the...

    12 Oct 2020 10:51 PM IST

    NGO workers packing food items among needy people in Lucknow. PTI photoOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Several NGOs trying to uplift India might be forced to...

    Today India invites foreign investment in arms and ammunition but it restricts investment in health, education and...

    29 Sept 2020 12:37 PM IST

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