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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | The big ideas that Narendra Modi is fully committed to as India’s leaderColumnists
    Aakar Patel | The big ideas that Narendra Modi is fully committed to...

    Modi focused on making India a developed nation and installing a majoritarian state

    3 Feb 2025 11:55 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | If Constitution had weak Centre, could Partition of India have been averted?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | If Constitution had weak Centre, could Partition of...

    A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another...

    28 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | 3 major problems facing South Asia: Why don’t we learn from EU & Asean?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | 3 major problems facing South Asia: Why don’t we learn...

    What are the problems affecting those countries that made up pre-1947 India? There appear to be three important ones...

    21 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Rights granted in the Constitution are often denied in actual practiceColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Rights granted in the Constitution are often denied in...

    As January 26 approaches, it is time to examine what the day means, apart from military parades and VIPs and foreign...

    14 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite warmly…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite...

    Much has been written and will be written about what Manmohan Singh was. Here are a few lines on what he was...

    31 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | 2025 is likely to be a defining year, but may not be welcome to allColumnists
    Aakar Patel | 2025 is likely to be a defining year, but may not be...

    What should we look forward to in 2025? I mean “look forward to” in the sense of anticipate rather than welcome. It...

    24 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is governance…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is...

    In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters I compared India’s rankings on various...

    17 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | As China & US in race for the top; Indians busy with battles over pastColumnists
    Aakar Patel | As China & US in race for the top; Indians busy with...

    The stunning victory of Donald Trump has sharpened focus on America’s relationship with its only peer competitor,...

    3 Dec 2024 2:09 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us tooColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us...

    India and Bangladesh share deep-rooted bonds of history, language, culture, and multitude of other commonalities. The...

    26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | India’s refusal to play cricket is not solving our main problem with PakColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India’s refusal to play cricket is not solving our main...

    If I have a dispute with you, I can solve it in one of three ways. One is by talking (“negotiation”). We engage, on...

    19 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why Modi era is not ending soon; Rahul still has a long way to go…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Modi era is not ending soon; Rahul still has a long...

    The American journalist Bob Woodward (famous for his reporting of the Watergate scandal and the author, most recently,...

    12 Nov 2024 12:21 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human rightsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human...

    The United Nations Security Council has 15 members — five permanent and 10 elected. India has been a non-permanent...

    5 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

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