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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will observe a day-long fast on Thursday April 12, over disruptions during Budget session of parliament. (Photo: File | PTI)Opinion
    Why parties are formed

    Certainly the BJP seems to believe it and the two leaders named above have expressed it repeatedly.

    8 July 2018 12:51 AM IST

    45-year-old UP man was lynched by mob in Hapurs Pilakhuwa village on Monday. (Photo: Screengrab)Opinion
    The story of India and its lynch mobs

    The regularity and frequency with which these killings happen is itself a story.

    1 July 2018 5:37 AM IST

    BJP logoOpinion
    Don't confuse Right' with Hindutva

    Roy's reply was that she had never had an association with any Left party.

    24 Jun 2018 6:20 AM IST

    More alleged victims are coming forward over sex abuse in football. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Why India lacks a football culture

    India is ranked 97th in the world and is not playing in the World Cup.

    17 Jun 2018 12:13 AM IST

    Representational picture of bullet trainOpinion
    Modernity doesn't lie in things, but mindset

    Japan is more advanced than Europe without doubt and certainly far more advanced than China.

    10 Jun 2018 5:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How will Modi manage khichdi coalition?

    Regional parties that are not currently in it but have been at one time, like some of the Tamilian parties, may join in.

    3 Jun 2018 12:58 AM IST

    UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BSP supremo Mayawati, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during the swearing-in ceremony of H.D. Kumaraswamy as chief minister of Karnataka in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    What does the Opposition show of unity signify?

    TRS chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao did come to Bengaluru to meet the Gowdas but he did not join the unity rally...

    27 May 2018 12:08 AM IST

    BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa makes a point during his speech before resigning ahead of the Trust vote on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Anti-defection law does more harm than good

    The anti-defection law essentially removes the conscience of the elected representative and is thus a blow to democracy...

    20 May 2018 5:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Nuclear tests and the futility of it all

    According to sources, Pakistan today is actually ahead of us in terms of the number of nuclear devices it has produced.

    13 May 2018 5:40 AM IST

    Jallianwala Bagh, AmritsarOpinion
    A Jallianwala Bagh of our own making

    The democratic Government of India, just like the colonial government, sees citizens as a nuisance.

    6 May 2018 12:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    What's the secret agenda of PM's China visit?

    The government has said there is no agenda but it is clear that Modi is not there for tourism.

    29 April 2018 5:59 AM IST

    In Sri Lanka, the mostly Buddhist Sinhala speakers fought Lankas Tamils over religion and language. In India we wonder how Buddhists and Hindus can hate each other but that is the nature of majoritarianism. (Representational image)Opinion
    Majoritarianism is never inclusive

    The first few decades of Congress rule hid the fact that we Indians are also like our brothers in Lanka, Bangladesh and...

    22 April 2018 12:55 AM IST

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