Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel is a writer and columnist. You can e-mail the author at aakar.patel@gmail.com

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Why Is Media Silent On Kashmir Times?
Rediff.com7 days ago

It is shameful that Kashmir Times has been attacked in the way it has and that Anuradha...

What Democrats Can Learn From Zohran Mamdani
Rediff.com5 Nov 2025

His victory means that his party will have to learn from him, because after the rise of...

How Zohran Mamdani Went From 1% To Frontrunner
Rediff.com4 Nov 2025

What an achievement it will be if a young Gujarati-Punjabi man is able to give the most...

Why We Must Worry About India's Human Rights Record
Rediff.com18 Oct 2025

In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and...

India's Foreign Policy Panchnama
Rediff.com4 Oct 2025

There has never been a moment in India's history when it has been so adrift in the...

Are We Making A Chinese Mistake Again?
Rediff.com6 Sep 2025

'Xi is an individual led by a harder calculus and would scoff at melting over...

The Dangerous Reality Behind Maharashtra's 'Urban Naxal' Law
Rediff.com21 Aug 2025

'The law under the guise of security represents a grave and unnecessary expansion of...

Why Is US Going Through This Madness?
Rediff.com9 Aug 2025

The answer is to be found in the rise of the global south and in particular, the rise...

The Leverage Trump's US Has On Xi's China Has Shrunk
Rediff.com31 Jul 2025

The stock and bond markets told Trump firmly that any idea of isolating China would...

How Jana Sangh Was Born 75 Years Ago
Rediff.com11 Jul 2025

'As we read and assess what is going on around us in the India of 2025, it is...

Does India Have A Foreign Policy?
Rediff.com21 Jun 2025

This might help explain why our global outreach has received such a tepid response. We...

The Indo-Pak Hyphen Became Blurred
Rediff.com12 May 2025

'We are too important to want to be paired with Pakistan but too intensely connected to...

How Will Trump Change The World On April 2?
Rediff.com1 Apr 2025

We have entered a new era in human history, asserts Aakar Patel.

Leaders, Heed The 11-Year Rule!
Rediff.com20 Mar 2025

There is a reason this 11 year phenomenon is a rule as much as it is an observation. It...

Why Trump Wants All Wars To End
Rediff.com13 Mar 2025

The US involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East is a distraction which has to end...

Why The Census Is Important
Rediff.com1 Mar 2025

It will be interesting to see what shifts have been recorded in the last...

Heeding Azad, Partition Could Have Been Prevented
Rediff.com1 Feb 2025

Abul Kalam Azad chose not to contest Congress Presidency and to throw his weight behind...

How History Will Remember Dr Singh
Rediff.com1 Jan 2025

Manmohan Singh represented the finest aspects of India, asserts Aakar Patel.

Aakar Patel: China Flourishes While India Digs Up Past
Rediff.com7 Dec 2024

We no longer have the ambition to rival China save through words. We are happy to be...

India, Don't Spurn Bangladesh
Rediff.com2 Dec 2024

Our visa operations in Bangladesh constitute the largest visa operations India conducts...