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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

Several houses, religious places and shops were gutted in Khargone as the communal violence, after an attack on a Ram Navami procession, spread to different parts of the city by late Sunday night. (Representational Image/PTI)

Aakar Patel | India likely to stay on US list of concern' on human...

The world is not blind to what is happening in India today and it is uncomfortable with it

18 April 2022 11:55 PM IST

Enforcement Directorate. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Venal officers target citizens, keeping India as partly...

On civil liberties India has only scored 33 out of 60, while the United States has scored 51

12 April 2022 1:31 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why divisive issues hold sway as real' ones ignored

The mass media in India is largely owned by corporate bodies

5 April 2022 12:41 AM IST

The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Of democracies, dictatorships & transparency

We should consider that India is not a dictatorship and should be using its natural strength as a democracy

29 March 2022 12:34 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to account?

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to...

The citizens included journalists, key Opposition figures and a sexual harassment survivor

22 March 2022 1:08 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | The real reason for BJP's huge UP triumph: Not...

Election victories sanctify the actions of a political party; they do not validate them

14 March 2022 11:33 PM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Why voters still re-elect govts despite failures on...

This piece is not about the parties and elections but about the voter, and why they vote in the way they do

8 March 2022 3:32 AM IST

Indias Ambassador to the United Nations T. S. Tirumurti speaks during an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine, at the U.N headquarters. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Vote to abstain at UN will hurt India as it fails to...

India's foreign policy under the current government has not been able to find its rhythm because it doesn't have a theme

1 March 2022 6:59 AM IST

NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | It's important for media to focus on the reality of life...

India's media is largely an accomplice of the State here

22 Feb 2022 2:41 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Aakar Patel | Let women wear the hijab or not: It's not the job of...

The hijab issue has again brought what India is doing to its minorities to the notice of the world

15 Feb 2022 1:49 AM IST

India has, according to the governments own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of...

The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in India's political debate

8 Feb 2022 2:12 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Can BJP lose its vote share, but still win in UP? Wait...

The broad patterns tell us that to sweep Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has to retain its vote share of the past three elections

1 Feb 2022 2:34 AM IST