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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    It didn’t take a village. It took a flagOpinion
    It didn’t take a village. It took a flag

    If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Serious question. The proper...

    19 April 2015 10:36 AM IST

    What matters on the groundOpinion
    What matters on the ground

    This speech came out of an aspect of Narendra Modi’s personality that does not often reveal itself

    22 Feb 2015 12:40 PM IST

    A troubled tryst with free speechOpinion
    A troubled tryst with free speech

    My old boss had only one commandment in journalism so far as I remember. This was (and I am paraphrasing him): write...

    11 Jan 2015 12:40 PM IST

    The two extremes must uniteOpinion
    The two extremes must unite

    It must not be forgotten that the BJP doesn’t have a Muslim to put up as CM

    4 Jan 2015 12:58 PM IST

    What do Taliban want?Opinion
    What do Taliban want?

    Why it is difficult to fight them — because they say they are right on the question of law.

    22 Dec 2014 12:43 PM IST

    No conversion conversationOpinion
    No conversion conversation

    The Opposition was immediately on the offensive in Parliament

    14 Dec 2014 11:45 AM IST

    The story between action, reactionOpinion
    The story between action, reaction

    This week we had a minister defining Indians as either Ramzadas (meaning Hindus) or Haram-zadas, meaning bastards. The...

    7 Dec 2014 12:11 PM IST

    The hard group will have to bendOpinion
    The hard group will have to bend

    Former defence minister, claimed he taught Pakistan a lesson through killing more of its civilians in border shelling

    30 Nov 2014 12:02 PM IST

    In America, the illegal Patel is happyOpinion
    In America, the illegal Patel is happy

    When I was in school 30 years ago, a friend of mine applying for a visa to the United States changed his last name. He...

    23 Nov 2014 11:58 AM IST

    Facing the God statuesOpinion
    Facing the God statues

    In Thailand, just like in our country, many cars have a little statue of a god on the dashboard for good luck. Unlike...

    16 Nov 2014 7:01 AM IST

    Modi’s promise was like a pie crustNation
    Modi’s promise was like a pie crust

    Things seem to have slipped back to the old ways, according even to people inside the BJP

    2 Nov 2014 11:24 AM IST

    Have mercy, merci!Opinion
    Have mercy, merci!

    Pranab Mukherjee sent more people to the hangman in his first seven months than previous 15 years

    26 Oct 2014 10:50 AM IST

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