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Aakar Patel
About the AuthorAakar Patel
Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Jesus crossOpinion
    Religion in India is transactional

    The Roman Catholic Church sold something called an indulgence .

    29 May 2016 1:06 AM IST

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    A nay to Congress' brahmin card in UP

    Many will side with powerful parties because they want to be with the winners.

    22 May 2016 1:50 AM IST

    The new service tax structure came into force from April 1.Opinion
    The nation wants you to pay

    Only around 1% of Indians pay any income tax.

    15 May 2016 1:45 AM IST

    Modi wins the popularity contestOpinion
    Modi wins the popularity contest

    Electoral popularity is the only currency of success in democracies.

    8 May 2016 12:50 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The motions of education

    Crude calculations are that they produce about 100,000 students a year in the global top 10 per cent.

    1 May 2016 1:18 AM IST

    Raghuveera Reddy He predicted Congress flag will fly high first in Nellore after 2019 elections.Opinion
    Coming soon: Congress-mukt Bharat

    The Gandhis do not determine what the news agenda is any more than they could when the Congress was in power.

    24 April 2016 2:50 AM IST

    This decision has been taken by the Manohar Lal Khattar government which claimed on Tuesday that people of the area have been making a demand in this regard. (Photo: indiainforail.com)Opinion
    Really, what's in a name?

    Renaming cities in India began 20 years ago in 1996, when the BJP and Shiv Sena renamed Bombay.

    17 April 2016 1:06 AM IST

    Prohibition: A failed ideaOpinion
    Prohibition: A failed idea

    Prohibition will, of course, ultimately fail in Bihar as it has failed in Gujarat.

    10 April 2016 1:45 AM IST

    Spy gamesOpinion
    Spy games

    The IB is the internal spying agency, focused on spying on Indians.

    3 April 2016 12:49 AM IST

    Why stings have lost their stingOpinion
    Why stings have lost their sting

    There is a public fatigue with stings.

    27 March 2016 1:07 AM IST

    A strange nationalism that dividesOpinion
    A strange nationalism that divides

    Urdu writers have been asked to guarantee they are not writing anti-India material.

    20 March 2016 2:56 AM IST

    What middle-class English does to us?Opinion
    What middle-class English does to us?

    The penetration of the middle class Indian into the classical culture of Europe is limited.

    13 March 2016 12:58 AM IST

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