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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Voters on saleOpinion
    Voters on sale

    It should not surprise us when lack of principles and morality crop up among voters

    11 Oct 2015 2:09 PM IST

    Why videshi desis cheer for ModiOpinion
    Why videshi desis cheer for Modi

    Mobbing of Modi is referred to in our media, in glowing terms, as a rock star’s welcome

    4 Oct 2015 1:08 PM IST

    Hindu rashtra: An exclusive stateOpinion
    Hindu rashtra: An exclusive state

    The theocratic state can be built only on the principle of exclusion. In Islamic states, the application of Shariah law...

    26 Sept 2015 12:29 PM IST

    Hindutva is boringOpinion
    Hindutva is boring

    The Hindutva ideology only offers resentment and hatred

    19 Sept 2015 6:59 AM IST

    How serious is Mr Modi about reforms?Opinion
    How serious is Mr Modi about reforms?

    How serious is the Narendra Modi government about reforms? I am asking this question as neither someone in favour of...

    12 Sept 2015 10:24 AM IST

    Patel agitation and bad educationOpinion
    Patel agitation and bad education

    I have two questions for those of you who have been observing the agitation of the Patels in Gujarat. First: Why is this...

    5 Sept 2015 6:40 AM IST

    Quota not the solutionOpinion
    Quota not the solution

    Gujarat model of gross domestic product growth was focused on manufacturing

    31 Aug 2015 12:25 PM IST

    I won’t subscribe to stupidityOpinion
    I won’t subscribe to stupidity

    One understands the nature of regional nationalism as being zero-sum

    25 Aug 2015 1:44 PM IST

    Of maps, mercenaries & Bharat MataOpinion
    Of maps, mercenaries & Bharat Mata

    ‘Indian Army’ has a history that reveals its instinct as being entirely mercenary in character

    16 Aug 2015 12:15 PM IST

    Equality, but with one exceptionOpinion
    Equality, but with one exception

    I saw this story in the news on immigration which made me wonder if the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had...

    7 Aug 2015 10:51 AM IST

    The accused was a victim tooOpinion
    The accused was a victim too

    Convicted terrorist Yakub Memon was buried this week, the same day as former President and scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam....

    2 Aug 2015 9:51 AM IST

    We are a nation of Dennis SkinnersOpinion
    We are a nation of Dennis Skinners

    Black Rod is the name of the official in charge of maintaining the Palace of Westminster, where the British Parliament...

    26 July 2015 12:04 PM IST

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