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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | Why the BJP Did an About-Turn On the Free Market and Civil LibertiesColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Why the BJP Did an About-Turn On the Free Market and...

    A look at the BJP’s shift from socialist ideas to free-market support

    21 July 2025 11:02 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Will Zohran’s NY Triumph Offer US Democrats A Way To Battle Trump?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Will Zohran’s NY Triumph Offer US Democrats A Way To...

    The second important thing was the quality of Zohran’s campaign, which was conducted mostly on social media outlets...

    14 July 2025 10:51 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Integral Humanism is BJP’s Philosophy: But How Many Know What It Really Means?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Integral Humanism is BJP’s Philosophy: But How Many Know...

    It is generally thought that Bharatiya culture thinks of salvation of the soul and does not bother about body, mind and...

    7 July 2025 9:30 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Flashback 75 Years: Why Jan Sangh Was Formed by RSS, Why It Is Relevant TodayColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Flashback 75 Years: Why Jan Sangh Was Formed by RSS, Why...

    We marked the 50th anniversary of the Emergency a few days ago. Another anniversary, this time the 75th, went...

    1 July 2025 12:21 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why Is the ‘Voice of Global South’ Being Silent on the Israel-Iran War?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Is the ‘Voice of Global South’ Being Silent on the...

    Big speeches at summits, but India often stays silent or abstains on tough issues

    23 Jun 2025 9:11 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Will a Transactional, Opportunistic Foreign Policy Doctrine Help India, or Damage It?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Will a Transactional, Opportunistic Foreign Policy...

    The manifestoes of the BJP from the very beginning, in its Jan Sangh avatar in the 1950s, have little to offer in terms...

    16 Jun 2025 9:54 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Doomsday Clock Is Ticking… Is The World Facing Most Dangerous Times?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Doomsday Clock Is Ticking… Is The World Facing Most...

    At the beginning of this year, on January 28, they posted the following justification for concluding that in 2025 we...

    9 Jun 2025 10:23 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Palestinians Are Facing Genocide In Gaza: India Must Speak OutColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Palestinians Are Facing Genocide In Gaza: India Must...

    The Narendra Modi government answered: “India signed the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...

    2 Jun 2025 8:47 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its IndividualsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its...

    Democracy, the culture of it, the practice of it and the spirit of it must lift a nation by lifting its individuals...

    27 May 2025 2:24 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | If China Overtakes US As World’s Most Powerful Economy, Will Shift Hit India?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | If China Overtakes US As World’s Most Powerful Economy,...

    From the outside, it can be seen as the struggle for global economic dominance between the West and Asia. Ordinarily we...

    20 May 2025 1:26 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Why Are Indians So Obsessed With Pak? It’s Time Now to ‘De-Hyphenate’Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Why Are Indians So Obsessed With Pak? It’s Time Now to...

    India rejects global pairing with Pakistan but remains emotionally and politically tied to it

    5 May 2025 9:11 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Will Donald Trump’s Trade Masterstroke Fail As No One Thought of The Consequences?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | Will Donald Trump’s Trade Masterstroke Fail As No One...

    And then the US also spends trillions of dollars on the safety of the world by maintaining military bases across the...

    29 April 2025 1:49 AM IST

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