Aakar Patel
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Sep 7, 2026
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If It Ainât Broke, Break It: How We Ruined India We Built Over Decades (opens the original)
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Corruption and bribery are two words that are interchangeable. Or are they? Bribery, as we use the word today, is of 16th-century origin and is defined as an âact of magistrates taking money for corrupted servicesâ. Note that corruption is part of that definition, and it is a much older word, of Latin origin. Its meaning has little to do with the exchange of money for favours. It is defined as an âact of becoming putrid; dissolution, decayâ. Bribery is an individual act; corruption is, i
Papers Missing, But Not Overly Worried About Passing SIR Test (opens the original)
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“Attendance at the hearing is mandatory. Please treat this as urgent and make the necessary arrangements to attend without fail.” I had meant to ignore the SIR notice which came over WhatsApp and had decided against going. But then my wife went the day before me. The notice-issuing official seemed upset, she said, that I hadn’t even responded to his WhatsApp message. Noblesse oblige, and so I appeared before him with the raggedy file of papers I have to prove that I exist and that I am qualified
This 9/11, Letâs Reflect On The US Hand In W. Asia Chaos (opens the original)
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The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks will soon be upon us. Americans will mourn, taking time off to complain about high petrol prices inflicted on them from another war. Examining US media, it becomes clear that the primary driver of restraint on its military power abroad is not the morality of its voting population. Certainly, it is not the ethics of those who govern it. The most important consideration and perhaps the only consideration when their aircraft carriers sail to distant
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