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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Indians wave national flags and shout slogans behind a police barricade during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. The new law provides a fast track to naturalization for some migrants who entered the country illegally while fleeing religious persecution. But it excludes Muslims, which critics say is discriminatory and a violation of Indias Constitution. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | After the CAA is implemented, will NPR & NRC be coming...

    Debunking the NPR-NRC Conundrum: A Closer Look at the Chronology

    18 March 2024 11:58 PM IST

    Aakar Patel | Of Authoritarianism and Freedom: What the world is saying about todays IndiaOpinion
    Aakar Patel | Of Authoritarianism and Freedom: What the world is...

    Is India becoming a dictatorship?

    11 March 2024 9:09 PM 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)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | How RSS, world's largest NGO, led to Jan Sangh/BJP,...

    Hedgewar died in 1940, by when the RSS had spread beyond Nagpur and had 100,000 members

    5 March 2024 12:37 AM IST

    Indians in the U.S. Forge Solidarity Across Struggles for Secularism and Against Imperialism. (File Image: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Desis in America show solidarity for secular India,...

    Solidarity Meeting in the U.S.: Uniting Struggles for Secularism in India and Against Imperialism in Palestine

    26 Feb 2024 11:17 PM IST

    The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | SC bonds ruling a reminder how weak India's key...

    India's electoral bonds declared illegal; a rare victory against authoritarianism

    20 Feb 2024 12:30 AM IST

    Vehicles set on fire by miscreants over the demolition of an \illegally built\ madrasa at Banbhoolpura area, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | India in a state of perpetual violence? Some scary...

    Pattern of discriminatory demolitions in BJP-ruled states targeting Muslims raises concerns about human rights...

    12 Feb 2024 11:55 PM IST

    The BJP has suspended 12 rebels who had filed their nominations as independent candidates after being denied tickets by the party in the Gujarat Assembly elections. (Representational image: ANI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | How the BJP has changed basics of where it stands over...

    BJP's touted 'Integral Humanism' philosophy raises questions as manifestos reveal stark discrepancies over the years

    5 Feb 2024 11:30 PM IST

    Any Indian citizen of 18 years or above who accepts Articles II, III and IV of the constitution shall, on making a written declaration. (Image:DC)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Integral Humanism as basic philosophy of BJP: What does...

    On the third page of its constitution, the BJP lays out its membership conditions

    30 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (Image:Twitter)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Gujarat lifts its alcohol ban for some: A sign of what...

    Alcohol would be allowed at hotels/restaurants/clubs offering in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (or GIFT City)

    22 Jan 2024 11:58 PM IST

    Senior BJP Leader L K Advani. (PTI File Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | How Advani made the Ram Mandir possible taking the BJP...

    Unfortunately for Mr Advani but unsurprisingly for the rest of us, the architect of the party's rise will not be able to...

    15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

    The Tablighi meeting was held before India issued guidelines on public gatherings. (PTI File Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Scapegoating of Tablighi Jamaat in 2020: Lessons for...

    This was the first time in India that a particular religious group had been mentioned in the list of visa guidelines.

    8 Jan 2024 11:09 PM IST

    Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | After Rajnath's vow, will Army give justice' to all it...

    We should examine the past record of the Government of India when it comes to justice for those wronged by the Army.

    2 Jan 2024 12:47 AM IST

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