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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to hold the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30 next year. (AP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to...

    Landmark Supreme Court judgments on Hindutva, communal rhetoric, and electoral politics

    30 April 2024 12:02 AM IST

    Devotees dressed as Hindu deities during a religious procession on the occasion of Ram Navami festival at Durgiana Temple, in Amritsar, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | If India becomes a Hindu Rashtra, will there be any...

    Exploring the historical context and implications of the term -"Hindu Rashtra-" in light of constitutional and legal...

    23 April 2024 2:02 AM IST

    In guiding India through this second wave, Mr Modi flew by the seat of his pants. (PTI File Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel| We can't forget how govt failed to tackle Covid's 2021...

    An examination of the events leading up to and during India's devastating second wave of COVID-19.

    16 April 2024 12:05 AM IST

    The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Free, fair polls: How Bangladesh & Pakistan show the way...

    Erosion of Democracy in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan Under Scrutiny

    8 April 2024 11:06 PM IST

    In this Thursday, March 28, 2024 file photo Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal leaves the Rouse Avenue Court where he was produced in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, in New Delhi. A Delhi court Monday sent Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | With CM in jail, Opposition accounts frozen, election...

    Allegations of election rigging raise concerns about the integrity of India's democracy.

    2 April 2024 12:05 AM IST

    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers stage a protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in front of the BJP office, in Gurugram, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Kejriwal's arrest comes amidst BJP's distrust of federal...

    Battling against authoritarianism: Understanding the BJP's assault on democracy and federalism in India's political...

    27 March 2024 12:05 AM IST

    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

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