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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

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

Dharam Sansad was held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days from December 16 to 19. (Photo: Screengrab)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the...

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM IST

Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control (LoC). (PTI file photo)

Aakar Patel | Pakistan's new security policy: How should India...

The policy articulates what it sees as Pakistan's vision and priorities and provides a detailed implementation framework

19 Jan 2022 2:46 AM IST

It is accurate to say that India has quite consciously been led to the stage today when communalism has completely infected the nation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with...

A course can be corrected only if we accept that we are headed in the wrong direction

11 Jan 2022 2:15 AM IST

Kashmiri children look from behind a closed window of their house during a counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here...

If we observe the events of the recent past, it appears he is right

4 Jan 2022 2:48 AM IST

The pandemic will itself continue, but we can hope that it does not do the damage that it did either in 2020 or in 2021. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | As 2022 looms, we can only hope for some easing of pain

Perhaps we should begin from the place that has become frozen in time: Kashmir

28 Dec 2021 1:44 AM IST