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ARTICLES BY REPLY TO ALL | AAKAR PATEL

Wet land: Frolicking in the rains, a common Mumbai sight. Photo: Sattish Bate/Hindustan Times

The monsoon that we might have lost

4 min read . 17 Aug 2012

Policemen in Mumbai with their .303 guns after the attack on The Taj Mahal Palace hotel. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

The Indian Army’s .303 story

4 min read . 10 Aug 2012

History repeats: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh(Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times)

In defence of MS

4 min read . 27 Jul 2012

Revolutionary road: Even his fan Dilip Kumar once said that Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry can be difficult to understand. Photo: AFP

Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal, Faiz. The list isn’t complete

5 min read . 09 Jun 2012

Talk time: Hamid Mir (right) before his talk show Capital Talk goes on air on Geo TV. Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/ Getty Images

Allah on prime time

6 min read . 02 Mar 2012

Mr Popular: The most interesting and charismatic of the Khans is Salman (Sattish Bate/Hindustan Times)

The men behind our stars

7 min read . 20 Feb 2012

It’s just not cricket: Sachin Tendulkar with teammates after last year’s World Cup. Hamish Blair/Getty Images

Why Sachin shouldn’t get the Bharat Ratna

4 min read . 27 Jan 2012

Tough act: Newsweek magazine called him ‘the leader other leaders love’. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

The shallow middle-class contempt for Singh

6 min read . 13 Jan 2012

Playing in the shadows of the arc light

5 min read . 10 Nov 2011

Orator: In his speeches, Modi speaks a Gujarati purged of Persian words. Amit Dave/Reuters

Everything you need to know about Narendra Modi

9 min read . 29 Sept 2011

Meeting of minds: The Vedic wedding rituals did not place the bride in a position subordinate to the groom. Photo by Divya Babu/Mint

Vedic rituals recognize the marriage of equals

5 min read . 01 Sept 2011

Poetic wit: Ghalib was the rare great poet who could laugh at himself, Painting by Shubnum Gill/Flickr.com/photos/shubnumgill

The magical lyricism of Urdu

10 min read . 26 May 2011

Poetic wit: Ghalib was the rare great poet who could laugh at himself, Painting by Shubnum Gill/Flickr.com/photos/shubnumgill

The magical lyricism of Urdu

10 min read . 26 May 2011

Fading notes: Amjad Ali Khan and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the NCPA.

Why Indians don’t want to pay for culture

4 min read . 18 Dec 2009

Exemplary: Parsi New Year celebrations at an Agiary in Mumbai on Wednesday. Kunal Patil / Hindustan Times

Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t

4 min read . 03 Dec 2009

Exemplary: Parsi New Year celebrations at an Agiary in Mumbai on Wednesday. Kunal Patil / Hindustan Times

Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t

4 min read . 03 Dec 2009