Aakar Patel
Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG’s working shows it remains opaque
It is hard to reconcile these words with the actual actions of Mr Modi and his government on vital issues where opacity was promoted.
Aakar Patel | What will special session take up? No one knows, not even the Cabinet…
The Winter Session will begin in November, so it is not as if there is no other time for Parliament to meet. Why again this month?
Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in India
Criminal law has the power to destroy lives and its use for this reason must be guarded, measured and calibrated
Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic dividend lacking
Not only have we not added new jobs, we have lost some of those we had.
Aakar Patel | Modi 2.0: There’s a contradiction between the myth and the reality…
On corruption, the BJP has been on the backfoot since January because of the Adani affair.
Aakar Patel | With institutions of democracy undermined, fears for the future rise
Government blocked reports that reflected poor state of economy
Aakar Patel | India at a new low in Global Hunger Index: Does anyone really care?
This year, India’s child wasting rate has increased to 19.4, the highest in 20 years
Aakar Patel | Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here… will be hard to root out
If we observe the events of the recent past, it appears he is right
Aakar Patel | Should AFSPA be repealed, or stay? The case: For and against
Later this month the Nagaland Assembly will convene a special session to demand that the law be suspended in that state
Aakar Patel | ‘Presumption of guilt’ violates a key principle of common law
The State now assumes that you have done something wrong, and it is for you to demonstrate your innocence