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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Aakar Patel | After the verdict: Just more of the same, or will things change?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | After the verdict: Just more of the same, or will things...

    A painfully long general election in our hottest summer has finally ended. The tea leaves will be read in the exit...

    4 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | What lies behind the ideology of the BJP and RSS: An insider’s lookColumnists
    Aakar Patel | What lies behind the ideology of the BJP and RSS: An...

    The Bharatiya Janata Party is India’s largest political force but its ideology is not properly understood. Some...

    28 May 2024 12:45 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | After NHRC loses its UN links, India might lose vote at human rights bodyColumnists
    Aakar Patel | After NHRC loses its UN links, India might lose vote at...

    On May 13 this year, a headline was published which read: “UN-linked body defers NHRC-India accreditation for second...

    21 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | The grounds on which Kejriwal got bail apply to many othersColumnists
    Aakar Patel | The grounds on which Kejriwal got bail apply to many...

    Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been released for a few days to campaign, after which he has to return to Tihar Jail. He...

    14 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | What kind of laws will our new MPs enact? Take a look over last 10 yearsColumnists
    Aakar Patel | What kind of laws will our new MPs enact? Take a look...

    The primary function of Parliament is to legislate. When we elect people to the Lok Sabha, we are choosing who will...

    7 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to further agendaColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to...

    The Prime Minister has been accused of violating the Representation of the People Act in his speech, which the...

    30 April 2024 12:02 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | If India becomes a Hindu Rashtra, will there be any difference at all?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | If India becomes a Hindu Rashtra, will there be any...

    At a civil society meeting in Bengaluru last week, the question was asked if a Hindu Rashtra was on the horizon with a...

    23 April 2024 2:01 AM IST

    Aakar Patel| We can’t forget how govt failed to tackle Covid’s 2021 2nd waveColumnists
    Aakar Patel| We can’t forget how govt failed to tackle Covid’s 2021...

    Three years ago, on April 15, 2021, the National Task Force on Covid-19 met for the first time in three months (the...

    16 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Free, fair polls: How Bangladesh & Pakistan show the way not to goColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Free, fair polls: How Bangladesh & Pakistan show the way...

    Bangladesh is listed as a “partly free” nation in the Freedom House report of 2024. Other countries in South Asia like...

    9 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | With CM in jail, Opposition accounts frozen, election not free and fairColumnists
    Aakar Patel | With CM in jail, Opposition accounts frozen, election...

    It is becoming quite apparent that this is not going to be a free and fair election. The repercussions and...

    2 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | Kejriwal’s arrest comes amidst BJP’s distrust of federal principleColumnists
    Aakar Patel | Kejriwal’s arrest comes amidst BJP’s distrust of federal...

    Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest just before the Lok Sabha elections will be seen as an attack on...

    27 March 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Aakar Patel | After the CAA is implemented, will NPR & NRC be coming next?Columnists
    Aakar Patel | After the CAA is implemented, will NPR & NRC be coming...

    After implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, can we expect a National Population Register (NPR) and a...

    18 March 2024 11:59 PM IST

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