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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Of NRC & SIR: How Governments Use Of Arbitrary Powers Put Citizens In A FixColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Of NRC & SIR: How Governments' Use Of Arbitrary Powers...

    In 1998, the governor of Assam, a retired military man named Lt. Gen. S.K. Sinha (Retd) sent a note to then President...

    13 July 2026 11:18 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why The State Must Stop Use Of Pellet Guns To Control CrowdsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why The State Must Stop Use Of Pellet Guns To Control...

    It is evident from the fact that fourteen of those 88 we spoke to were not protesters but women hit inside their own...

    6 July 2026 10:47 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | New ‘Rules’ Are Brought In To Keep All NGOs On A Tight LeashColumnists
    Aakar Patel | New ‘Rules’ Are Brought In To Keep All NGOs On A Tight...

    This March, the government introduced a bill to attack, yet again, non-governmental organisations. This is a sector to...

    29 Jun 2026 10:14 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | From ‘Indo-Pacific’ To Pacific: India To Pay Price For Bid To Play Off US, ChinaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | From ‘Indo-Pacific’ To Pacific: India To Pay Price For...

    Over a couple of pages, the US lays out the plan of how it will make India a “Major Defence Partner” and how “a strong...

    22 Jun 2026 11:08 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Inter-religion Sale Of Houses: New Laws From Guj to AssamColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Inter-religion Sale Of Houses: New Laws From Guj to...

    On August 28 last year, the BJP in Assam on its website...

    15 Jun 2026 9:22 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | End Hypocrisy: Declare Ban On Cow Slaughter All Across IndiaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | End Hypocrisy: Declare Ban On Cow Slaughter All Across...

    Laws criminalising the possession of beef were first legislated in 2015, in Maharashtra, then Haryana, which began a...

    1 Jun 2026 11:03 PM IST

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony for the Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israels Wars and Victims of Terrorism at Yad LeBanim in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, May 12, 2024. Israel will observe Memorial Day from sunset tonight until sunset May 13, when Independence Day begins.( Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Have We Got So Insecure That Questions Begin To...

    For the past 12 years, India’s diplomats have been operating under a Nehruvian carapace. We have been telling the world,...

    26 May 2026 12:13 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | From Inclusion To Exclusion: How The EC’s Focus Changed Elections In IndiaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | From Inclusion To Exclusion: How The EC’s Focus Changed...

    The recent removal of millions of Bengalis from the voters’ list has received the sanction of the Supreme Court and will...

    18 May 2026 11:32 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Atrocities Against Adivasi Christians, Social Boycott on the Rise in OdishaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Atrocities Against Adivasi Christians, Social Boycott on...

    Testimonies from Adivasi Christians allege rising violence, intimidation and social boycott.

    11 May 2026 10:28 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | BJP Has No Rival In What It Does Best: Target Minorities… Other Side Is SplitColumnists
    Aakar Patel | BJP Has No Rival In What It Does Best: Target...

    In a recent media interaction, an analyst put the same thing in a different way. He said of the BJP’s appeal that:...

    3 May 2026 10:44 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why Are We Unable To Influence World? We Look Inwards & Stay Stuck In Past…Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Are We Unable To Influence World? We Look Inwards &...

    The reason, of course, is that there are one crore or so Indians across the Gulf region, a population larger than the...

    20 April 2026 11:30 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why International Mediation Has Become Distasteful For Most Of IndiaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why International Mediation Has Become Distasteful For...

    India is one of the few nations, and perhaps the only nation, that has good relations with America, Israel and Iran....

    13 April 2026 11:25 PM IST

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