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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Azim Premji is a philanthropist role modelOpinion
    Azim Premji is a philanthropist role model

    The idea of charity in that period was unknown though the Church took a cut of the income of all who could give.

    9 Jun 2019 3:26 AM IST

    Kaun banega BJP president?Opinion
    Kaun banega BJP president?

    The BJP has had a one-man one-post rule for some time now.

    2 Jun 2019 7:53 AM IST

    Assess, rectify, reflect on how far we strayedOpinion
    Assess, rectify, reflect on how far we strayed

    The defeated leaders will not be short of advice, particularly from the media on what went wrong and what they should...

    26 May 2019 1:24 AM IST

    I voted to keep majoritarianism at bayOpinion
    I voted to keep majoritarianism at bay

    No government policy really affects me or perhaps even touches me.

    19 May 2019 1:44 AM IST

    Hard times ahead for Nehru reform legacyOpinion
    Hard times ahead for Nehru reform legacy

    Alone in South Asia, India has a secular and liberal constitution.

    12 May 2019 1:17 AM IST

    BJP’s voteshare game focused on Hindu votesOpinion
    BJP’s voteshare game focused on Hindu votes

    The BJP under Mr Modi appears to be upending this tradition in North Indian states.

    5 May 2019 1:40 AM IST

    Congress’ homework rebuilding the partyOpinion
    Congress’ homework rebuilding the party

    One goal of the Congress Party would surely have been to rebuild its organisation so that it begins to match that of the...

    28 April 2019 1:49 AM IST

    Mahatma Gandhis great-grandson Tushar Gandhi. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Cheers at rallies might not mean votes

    I believe that the narrative that the ruling party is using on Pulwama is not productive.

    21 April 2019 2:36 AM IST

    Anti-intellectualism: Its boons and pitfallsOpinion
    Anti-intellectualism: Its boons and pitfalls

    It should be said that the Congress Party’s dynasty is itself not particularly qualified in the educational sense.

    14 April 2019 2:29 AM IST

    ‘Nation First, Self Last’ is an empty sloganOpinion
    ‘Nation First, Self Last’ is an empty slogan

    Shah had said that Congress leaders should drown themselves for proposing the weakening of the Afspa law.

    7 April 2019 2:34 AM IST

    Democracies need NGOs to protect rightsOpinion
    Democracies need NGOs to protect rights

    The United Progressive Alliance set up a group of people from civil society and called this group the National Advisory...

    31 March 2019 4:04 AM IST

    EC must encourage people to contest pollsOpinion
    EC must encourage people to contest polls

    Candidates are also disqualified if they have been convicted for some specific offences that are listed.

    24 March 2019 12:15 AM IST

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