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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

Twenty-three crore Indians fell into poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic and the unemployment rate, which had already reached a post-1947 high of six per cent by 2018, remains there. (Representational Image. PTI)

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems...

The state today has no democracy and is the only Indian state/Union territory without an elected government

7 Dec 2021 1:57 AM IST

Bangladesh has managed to improve manufacturings share of GDP in recent years from 16 per cent to 20 per cent while Indias has fallen from 15 per cent to 12 per cent since 2014. (Representational Image. DC File Image)

Aakar Patel | South Asia will be compelled to change as world gets a...

In terms of their Human Development Index, India is ranked 133rd in the world, Bangladesh at 135th and Pakistan at 154th

30 Nov 2021 3:11 AM IST

The compulsory use of Aadhaar to access subsidised grain has meant that many of the poor cannot get their entitlement because connectivity is bad or their fingerprints have been eroded from labour and differ from the record. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why farm law recall miffed some in middle class, media

What some of us think are strong, bold and firm decisions are cruel, harsh and unwanted for others

22 Nov 2021 3:26 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If Indians focus on trivia, ignore hard reality, the...

On every meaningful measure, life for Indians compares poorly with those in other democracies

16 Nov 2021 11:42 AM IST

Changing faith or propagating one's religion: Is it a right or a crime...

India allows Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist dalits access to Scheduled Caste reservations but not Christian and Muslim dalits

2 Nov 2021 12:06 AM IST

A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | The real story behind India's success in 1 bn vaccine...

On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country's largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global...

26 Oct 2021 1:35 AM IST

India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in...

In 2015, India's ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. Last year, in 2020, it fell by 39 places to land at 94.

19 Oct 2021 1:40 AM IST

It appears that terrorism is not going down because we have de-operationalised Article 370. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | How has ending Art. 370 helped Kashmir, or India as a...

That Article 370 was the root of separatism, terrorism, nepotism and corruption

12 Oct 2021 2:47 AM IST

Several states which had declared 100 per cent ODF in March 2018 were found by the survey conducted six months later to not have achieved this. (Photo: Twitter/@Swachh_Jalaun)

Aakar Patel | Why focus on sanitation is essential for a cleaner India

This focus on littering and rubbish is what separates Swachh Bharat from the two other programmes for sanitation that...

5 Oct 2021 7:54 AM IST

All individuals in Assam had to submit to the government documents which showed that their ancestors had been in Assam as citizens before 1971. (Photo: DC File)

Aakar Patel | Presumption of guilt' violates a key principle of common...

The State now assumes that you have done something wrong, and it is for you to demonstrate your innocence

28 Sept 2021 12:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why not do the obvious thing? Repeal 3 laws, end farm...

On January 12 this year, the Supreme Court 'stayed' the implementation of the farm laws

14 Sept 2021 2:39 AM IST

Aga Khan Museum has produced a three-part documentary series called Searching for the Blues on the musicians with material shot and recorded by the two mens record firm, Amarrass. (Twitter)

Aakar Patel | Some good news from Raj Why can't we do more to boost...

Lakha Khan is only one of the many men and women from Rajasthan that the documentary series exposes us to

7 Sept 2021 2:05 AM IST