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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

Other parties are divisive because of their propensity towards casteism but, and this is the thinking, the BJP is above caste. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSS' Hindutva politics in...

The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn't want them to talk about it

20 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Demystifying the G-20 presidency: What it means for...

There will be no end to the claim that this is India's moment to lead the world, or at least lead it till the next...

13 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same ideals

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same...

There is a belief that Sardar Patel would have sorted out Pakistan and we would never have had the Kashmir problem

6 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

File photo of BJP workers welcoming PM Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters to celebrate the partys victory in the Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi (Photo: AP)

Aakar Patel | After decisive win in 2019, has govt run out of steam?

The listlessness shows in endless political campaigning conducted without much reference to performance, only to...

29 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Newspapers and magazines got 53 per cent of all advertising as recently as 2005. In 2022, digital will get 45 per cent and television 40 per cent. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | If print media loses ground, democracy is threatened too

When citizens do not know what is going on in schools, hospitals, police stations and govt offices, how do they hold the...

22 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | With institutions of democracy undermined, fears for the...

Government blocked reports that reflected poor state of economy

15 Nov 2022 12:21 AM IST

Is it that we no longer care about tyranny and due process and individual rights? Or has it now become fine just because its not the foreigners who are doing it? (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Raj lessons for today's India: Why do we see fewer...

The question is -- why should one protest in a democracy? There are many reasons

8 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Pakistan is looking ahead to a general election next year. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Pak's journey in 7 decades: Military juntas to democracy

Though once again the Army is in the news, it appears that Pakistan is now out of the cycles of periodic military rule

1 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Crowd of BJP supporters during Union Home Minister Amit Shahs election campaign rally, in Bhojipura, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | How BJP's line changed over civil liberties & social...

It may interest readers to know that from its formation till the 1984 general election, the BJP had no interest in...

26 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

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

Aakar Patel | India at a new low in Global Hunger Index: Does anyone...

This year, India's child wasting rate has increased to 19.4, the highest in 20 years

18 Oct 2022 7:18 AM IST

In March 2020, the year before Covid-19, merchandise exports were $314 billion. Meaning there was no growth in merchandise exports in six years. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | The rise & fall of India's exports: Can we take it up to...

Unless India does something proactively that affects our exports positively, trade growth will decline as it has with...

11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Indias Arshdeep Singh bowls during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati on October 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Why does Indian cricket deify the batsmen, but look down...

The bowler is a second-class citizen in the commonwealth of cricket. The rules are written and rewritten to undermine...

4 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST