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Aakar Patel: China Flourishes While India Digs Up Past

We no longer have the ambition to rival China save through words. We are happy to be fighting ourselves and digging up disputes from centuries ago as a substitute for real development, argues Aakar......

Dom's Take: The Dilemma Of Being Aakar Patel

In what would appear a classic scene from The Theatre of the Bizarre, Rediff.com columnist Aakar Patel was permitted to travel to the US. But wait, Aakar Patel, the former head of Amnesty......

SC extends stay on kanwar route eatery order by MP, UP U'khand

The Supreme Court on Monday extended its July 22 interim order staying the directives issued by the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, asking eateries......

Journalist-activist Aakar Patel stopped at airport from flying to US

The Amnesty International India chair Aakar Patel alleged on Wednesday that he was stopped from leaving India at the airport here as Immigration officials told him that the Central Bureau of......

'It was to ensure...': UP govt defends kanwar yatra directive in SC

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday defended its directive requiring eateries along the kanwar yatra route to display the names of their owners and staff, saying the idea was to bring in......

In Modi's Amritkal, Worrying Decline Of Economy

NITI Aayog has not said what the reasons were for having achieved or not having achieved what was sought to be achieved, or what lessons can be learned for the future, points out Aakar Patel.......

Can Modi Solve India's Economic Woes?

If we wonder why the government is not being held to account for what it promises and does not deliver we must not blame the government.It has no idea how to fix India's difficult problems, argues......

Why Is Govt Silent On Adani Controversy?

So far the government has been silent on the charges being levelled, even after the stock price rout.Perhaps it is hoping for the share price to settle so that the matter goes away, predicts Aakar......

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Seven years after Modi took office, merchandise exports were lower in 2020-2021 than when he had taken over from Manmohan Singh, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In......

Voters Least Bothered About Economy

Issues such as the economy's health and the government's ability to produce an environment where jobs are available are not of particular concern to us as voters, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

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News for Columnist Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel: China Flourishes While India Digs Up Past

Dom's Take: The Dilemma Of Being Aakar Patel

SC extends stay on kanwar route eatery order by MP, UP U'khand

Journalist-activist Aakar Patel stopped at airport from flying to US

'It was to ensure...': UP govt defends kanwar yatra directive in SC

In Modi's Amritkal, Worrying Decline Of Economy

Can Modi Solve India's Economic Woes?

Why Is Govt Silent On Adani Controversy?

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Voters Least Bothered About Economy

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