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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

Opinion

Dishonouring the oath of office

Uma Bharti, the water resources minister, claims she told the victims to watch as the offenders were hung upside down.

12 Feb 2017 6:46 AM IST

Opinion

A nation's greatness lies in its fight for rights

A judge put a stay on the Trump order and several other lawsuits will make it difficult for him to enforce it.

5 Feb 2017 12:08 AM IST

$The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) group said the grant of the compensation cannot be a substitute to the \prosecution of 1984 genocide perpetrators\.$ Opinion

Does tareekh pe tareekh' apply to 1984?

The team was formed on February 12, 2015 and began its work but was unable to file any fresh chargesheet.

29 Jan 2017 4:19 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signs the National Anthem during a National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

America first': A hollow promise

Economic growth happens when there is an increase in output either through the number of workers or an improvement in...

22 Jan 2017 5:07 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Of Twitter fatwas & emotional nationalism

If Amazon's officials had secured their visas through proper paperwork, under what law was Ms Swaraj threatening to...

15 Jan 2017 2:40 AM IST

The UK spends Rs 9.3 lakh crore per year on the NHS, which is about Rs 1.5 lakh per citizen.(Representational image)

Opinion

What makes UK a civilised nation

The NHS is free for all citizens and, apparently, it is free for emergency and accident services also for all, including...

8 Jan 2017 3:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Modi's grip unlikely to loosen in 2017

The BJP has a big election coming up in Uttar Pradesh and also smaller ones in Punjab and Goa and then in Gujarat.

1 Jan 2017 1:45 AM IST

The fact is, all modern streams of political thought, whether conservative or progressive, are agreed on one thing: the rights of the individual.

Age on Sunday

2016 Fear vs Hope: Conservative intention and liberal principles

There is not a single important issue where conservatism, also called right wing opinion', has prevailed.

1 Jan 2017 12:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the two metro corridors and other projects, at Bandra Kurla Complex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Modi, the true master

Many people are hesitant to publicly voice their dislike of demonetisation because they are afraid that they will be...

25 Dec 2016 12:39 AM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhis waves to the crowd during his Padyatra from Holy Sprit Church to Fatorda Ground at Margaon in Goa. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Both BJP, Opposition are mismanaging crisis

The cash has to be distributed across the system and there is no real estimate of how long that will take.

18 Dec 2016 1:32 AM IST

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi address at the inauguration ceremony of the Amul Cheese Plant and Whey Drying Pant, in Palanpur, Banaskantha, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Note ban success: Test of PM's working style

Mr Modi says he cannot govern through academics studies' and asks his officers to summarise all issues for him, and...

11 Dec 2016 12:29 AM IST

No private airline flies to the city. Shortly after this government took over, a buffalo walked into the Surat airport and an airplane crashed into it, damaging its jet engine. (Representational image)

Opinion

We need boring leadership to get to the basics

Today Surat is the world's largest diamond polishing centre.

4 Dec 2016 1:55 AM IST