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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

An aircraft flies above the slums near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. (Representational Photo:AP)

Aakar Patel | India must work hard to catch up; world is changing...

The International Monetary Fund says that for the foreseeable future Bangladesh is expected to be ahead of India

11 July 2022 11:59 PM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair (in white cap) is escorted by policemen at the Patiala House Court in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018, in New Delhi on July 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | State's targeting of Zubair, others will make India's...

It is the Union govt's agencies under home minister Amit Shah that have been misusing their vast powers to destroy the...

4 July 2022 11:51 PM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | Courts, even SC, shouldn't be the only place to go to...

The courts are important, but they are not the only place where citizens' rights can be defended or claimed

27 Jun 2022 11:50 PM IST

Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India...

There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much...

20 Jun 2022 11:29 PM IST

Muslims protest after offering prayers at Mecca Masjid against Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for insulting statements against prophet. (DC)

Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesn't get...

BJP must not do things that give the outside world a chance to lecture us

14 Jun 2022 6:53 AM IST

While Pakistan attempted to secularise, India has gone the other away. (Reresentational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | From secular to communal: The changing story of India &...

Today, there is no Muslim chief minister in India for the first time since 1947

7 Jun 2022 12:44 AM IST

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

Aakar Patel | Failure of India's bureaucrats to stand up for what's...

It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

31 May 2022 12:31 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Like Ayodhya, Gyanvapi issue will live with us for...

Parliament has the right to repeal the Places of Worship Act, and indeed some people in the BJP have been asking for...

24 May 2022 7:14 AM IST

Two men were arrested for allegedly preparing fake Aadhaar and voter ID cards (Representational image)

Aakar Patel | Sedition not the only law that should go. There are many...

Once it dawns on the judiciary that some laws are out of place in a 21st century democracy, then problematic laws will...

17 May 2022 1:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Fixing issues, not PR alone, may improve India's image

To correct a problem, one has to first acknowledge a problem

10 May 2022 12:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, at Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Where the BJP has succeeded, over its 2 terms from 2014,...

It appears to be the case that the BJP has shifted its focus from the economy to its primary social agenda

3 May 2022 12:06 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | If India turns into a Hindu Rashtra, what will it mean

o understand what changes can come here, we must first try to understand what the term Hindu Rashtra means

26 April 2022 1:41 AM IST