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Aakar Patel

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ARTICLES BY AAKAR PATEL

John Locke, the father of classical liberalism. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsPremium

To be a right-wing intellectual in India

4 min read . 03 Jul 2018
A Dalit protest in Ahmedabad last month.Premium

Make reparations to Dalits and Adivasis

4 min read . 03 Aug 2016
Dalits protesting at Surat’s Udhna Junction earlier this month.Photo: PTIPremium

The rising ire against Dalits and Muslims

4 min read . 30 Jul 2016
An injured being treated at SMHS hospital in Srinagar. Photo: PTIPremium

Let’s stop lying to ourselves about Kashmir

4 min read . 20 Jul 2016
Our attachment is to the idea of the land, not its occupants. Photo: Mukhtar Khan/APPremium

Why loving India is not about loving Indians

4 min read . 14 Jul 2016
Sporting excellence is not a by-product of a wealthy nation. It is reflective of dynamism in a society, pushing the individual to excellence, developing and rewarding a competitive spirit, rewarding physical achievement. Photo: PTIPremium

National income and the Olympics

4 min read . 12 Jul 2016
Leader of the Indian Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah (centre) arrives in London in 1946. Photo: Douglas MillerPremium

The case against a joint electorate

5 min read . 30 Jun 2016
Women celebrating after the partial ban on sale of liquor in Bihar. Photo: AP Dube/Hindustan TimesPremium

Our constitutional time bombs

4 min read . 24 Jun 2016
A still from Ram Reddy’s ‘Thithi’ that released nationally in theatres on 3 June.Premium

Invisible Indians: the cultural upper class

4 min read . 16 Jun 2016
Most of the high-end cars listed on CarWale are from Delhi. Photo: Matthew Lloyd/BloombergPremium

Why garish cars attract Delhi natives

4 min read . 09 Jun 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati on 24 May. Photo: Biju Boro/AFPPremium

Modi isn’t a messiah, don’t expect miracles

4 min read . 02 Jun 2016
Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Arvind Yadav/Hindustan TimesPremium

Being Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Bachchan

5 min read . 26 May 2016
Subhas Chandra Bose, Mao Tse-Tung, Ho Chi Minh, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda and Mother Teresa. Photographs by Hemant Mishra/MintPremium

Busts, figurines and the stories behind them

6 min read . 20 May 2016
Raghuram Rajan. Photo: Brendan McDermid/ReutersPremium

What it means to be financially literate

6 min read . 12 May 2016
Staff at Tata Starbucks outlets will now have five-day work weeks. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintPremium

In favour of the ‘5-days, 8-hours’ work life

4 min read . 06 May 2016
The Hindi film ‘PK’ takes a stab at the ‘dhongi baba’.Premium

The artificial trappings of our ‘gurus’

5 min read . 30 Apr 2016
Kannada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/MintPremium

U.R. Ananthamurthy’s response to nationalism

6 min read . 30 Apr 2016
The Congress party has been declaring war but not doing a thing. Photo: Kulbir Beera/Hindustan TimesPremium

The Congress party’s sitzkrieg

4 min read . 23 Apr 2016
The Symphony Orchestra of India. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintPremium

The iron hold of ‘sanskriti’ in Indian life

5 min read . 23 Apr 2016
The Congress and the Gandhis cannot really own Hindu nationalism. Photo: PTIPremium

Don’t trust the Congress to do the right thing

4 min read . 16 Apr 2016

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