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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)Opinion
    State identity won't harm national unity

    There is absolutely no problem with the state using this as a symbol of the rich and proud heritage of Karnataka.

    23 July 2017 12:11 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to attend the Foundation Day of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) at Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Corrupt Opposition leaders, Modi's best defence

    The issue in Bihar is simple: the deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav has been accused of corruption.

    16 July 2017 12:20 AM IST

    Ramdas AthavaleOpinion
    Quota in cricket: Team India has nothing to lose

    In India dalits and adivasis constitute about 25 per cent of the total population.

    9 July 2017 12:23 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Gau raksha vs minorities: What are BJP's priorities?

    The international media also took up the story of the lynchings and this nudged the government to react.

    2 July 2017 7:22 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Judge Modi by his work, not persona

    The most devastating is that the magazine is convinced that Modi does not have the capacity to be a reformer.

    25 Jun 2017 1:09 AM IST

    India will face Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The war at the crease, and in the stands

    The levels of hatred and dislike are high because of events, and kept at boiling point because of the media.

    18 Jun 2017 3:22 AM IST

    An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a check point during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Govt's hard stance on J&K is nothing new

    The Indian State has always operated on priorities that are at variance from the needs and rights of its population.

    11 Jun 2017 2:37 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump speaks about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    It's time we quit fossil fuels

    The Government of India has also said that all cars sold in the country by 2030 will have to be electric.

    4 Jun 2017 12:11 AM IST

    China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Why India doesn't have friendly neighbours

    India warned those attending that the partnership with the Chinese would come at a heavy price, but almost nobody heard...

    28 May 2017 12:50 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: PTI/AP)Opinion
    Modi & Trump: A study of contrasts

    Both men have three crores followers and both used social media to reach their voters directly because neither man...

    21 May 2017 12:18 AM IST

    Former Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: AP)Opinion
    No martyrs, but Gujarat gave us Gandhi

    Gujarat has more than six crore people, but there have been more foreigners in India's Army than Gujaratis.

    14 May 2017 12:13 AM IST

    Pashupatinath temple (Photo: AP)Opinion
    What makes Nepal, Lanka more civilised?

    Nepal also has the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism and one of its most spectacular temples is Swayambhunath, also in...

    7 May 2017 12:25 AM IST

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