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Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    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

    From the good-old desktops, customers are swiftly shifting to the new range of 2-in-1 laptops. To help you on your quest to buy such laptops, weve gathered the best laptops and hybrids launched in 2016.Opinion
    AI: Our dystopian future

    The issue is that of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than man.

    30 April 2017 4:50 AM IST

    A man, tied to a moving Army jeep, allegedly being used as a human shield against stone-pelters during Srinagar bypolls.Opinion
    Worry, we are in dark & dangerous times

    Most of the people the Indian army and Pakistan army kills are their own citizens.

    23 April 2017 5:04 AM IST

    Ruttie as a teenaged wife; Jinnah in his fortiesBooks
    Book review: The love affair that shook India

    It is because of Reddy's ability to pore through all the material and connect the dots that she brings these two hazy...

    16 April 2017 2:10 AM IST

    Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (Photo: AP)Opinion
    IPL helps the needy players shine

    For the players in many other countries, IPL has become the place to make real money.

    16 April 2017 12:19 AM IST

    BJP MP Tarun Vijay (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Indians are racists to the core

    This greater exposure to the sun meant the skin needed some form of protection against ultraviolet rays which cause...

    9 April 2017 12:47 AM IST

    Cow slaughter is also a non-bailable offence now. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Where is our individual freedom?

    India pretends it has a Constitution that is not linked to any particular religion.

    2 April 2017 5:14 AM IST

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