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Aakar Patel
About the AuthorAakar Patel
Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Out at 50?Opinion
    Out at 50?

    Thackeray founded the Sena on the principle of retaking Mumbai for Maharashtrians

    19 Oct 2014 10:50 AM IST

    Conquering the CongressOpinion
    Conquering the Congress

    The loss of Maharashtra and Haryana will be a severe blow to the Congress

    12 Oct 2014 10:30 AM IST

    The tantrik of wordsOpinion
    The tantrik of words

    Mr Modi has the easy way of someone who doesn’t feel obliged to always speak formally

    5 Oct 2014 9:12 AM IST

    Don’t gloat: BJP is not losingOpinion
    Don’t gloat: BJP is not losing

    In Gujarat, which Mr Modi nurtured for 12 years, the trend was not against the BJP and it won six out of nine seats

    21 Sept 2014 10:24 AM IST

    Peaks and valleys of electionsOpinion
    Peaks and valleys of elections

    Democracy in Kashmir has been pushed along by a decline in militancy, particularly after 2002

    14 Sept 2014 11:54 AM IST

    100-day report card has two red marksOpinion
    100-day report card has two red marks

    Mr Modi's inflexible attitude to the Pakistan and the media, Mr Modi has done well in his first 100 days

    7 Sept 2014 11:36 AM IST

    What is Hindu rashtra?Opinion
    What is Hindu rashtra?

    RSS has not made the demand that the Indian state be organised by caste

    31 Aug 2014 10:47 AM IST

    It doesn’t always take a villageOpinion
    It doesn’t always take a village

    India doesn’t need a messianic figure to lead it out of darkness

    17 Aug 2014 11:05 AM IST

    Priyanka, catalyst Congress needsOpinion
    Priyanka, catalyst Congress needs

    Priyanka’s politics has so far been confined to doing political sprucing up

    10 Aug 2014 12:30 PM IST

    The real shocker in Natwar’s hardbackOpinion
    The real shocker in Natwar’s hardback

    What is wrong with a son wanting to keep his mother safe?

    3 Aug 2014 11:47 AM IST

    Rahul: The reluctant politicianOpinion
    Rahul: The reluctant politician

    Leadership in Indian politics demands principle & does not even require high intelligence

    27 July 2014 10:55 AM IST

    Hungama hai kyon barpa?Opinion
    Hungama hai kyon barpa?

    Vaidik says he is a journalist and is free to meet whoever he wants

    20 July 2014 2:10 PM IST

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