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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

Aakar Patel | Why the RSS will be assertive when BJP is unsteady, to offer guidance

Aakar Patel | Why the RSS will be assertive when BJP is unsteady, to...

As the RSS celebrates its centenary, its enduring influence on the BJP raises questions about their intertwined...

30 Sep 2024 6:32 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Why FATF is key to India’s security: Govt must heed its advice over NGOs

Aakar Patel | Why FATF is key to India’s security: Govt must heed its...

Here are two headlines from this month: One was “FATF’s Thumbs-Up To India’s Efforts To Tackle Terror...

23 Sep 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to govern

Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to...

What is today India’s dominant political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had a history of putting a...

16 Sep 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Modi’s 3.0 govt to last for full 5 yrs, but can do only what allies permit

Aakar Patel | Modi’s 3.0 govt to last for full 5 yrs, but can do only...

Minority governments have two major concerns. Clearing votes of no-confidence and passing legislation. The...

9 Sep 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Why Modi bhakts, ‘influencers’ of the Right, are so angry as world changed

Aakar Patel | Why Modi bhakts, ‘influencers’ of the Right, are so...

Like many of you I have avoided social media content produced by those referred to as “right wing...

2 Sep 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

While we are going to Ukraine and Poland to end violence all around the world, it is instructive to see what...

26 Aug 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Can Bangladesh control attacks on minorities, move to secular future?

Aakar Patel | Can Bangladesh control attacks on minorities, move to...

The events in Bangladesh and the Sheikh Hasina government’s overthrow have come with predictable violence...

12 Aug 2024 6:42 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Bid to regulate social media will fail, govt needs to hear its critics

Aakar Patel | Bid to regulate social media will fail, govt needs to...

The dictionary defines the word “propaganda” as being “information, especially of a biased or misleading...

5 Aug 2024 6:40 PM GMT

Aakar Patel | Constitution gives right to propagate religion But laws make it an offence

Aakar Patel | Constitution gives right to propagate religion But laws...

India is an unusual nation where propagation is both a fundamental right and a criminal offence

15 July 2024 9:36 PM GMT

US President Joe Biden speaks to supporters and volunteers during a campaign stop at a Biden-Harris campaign office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. Biden is back out on the campaign trail Sunday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race. The 81-year-old Democrat kicks off a grueling week with two campaign rallies in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, before hosting the NATO leaders summit in Washington. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Aakar Patel | Biden vs Trump: Can Joe convince America he'll be fit 4...

Amid concerns about his age and mental acuity, President Joe Biden insists on running for a second term

8 July 2024 6:42 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks during a press briefing on the Virtual G20 Leaders Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | If India claims US report is biased', why not counter...

India's External Affairs Ministry issues a strong rebuttal to the US State Department's report on religious freedom

1 July 2024 6:31 PM GMT

$Journalist Ravish Kumar, who coined the term \Godi Media,\ critiques the medias close relationship with the government, underscoring the need for media independence. (Image: Facebook)$ Opinion

Aakar Patel | After recent poll results, will we witness a change in...

The rise of -"Godi Media-" raises critical questions about media independence, political influence, and the future of...

24 Jun 2024 6:35 PM GMT