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Aakar Patel | As world changes rapidly, Indians stuck in the past, not eyeing future
Newspaper column writers are not experts in any particular subject or field
06 Jul 2021 7:04 AM
Aakar Patel | As world keeps growing, India’s sinking, going back to the past
According to the government data, our economic growth began braking sharply before January 2018
29 Jun 2021 7:28 AM
Aakar Patel | No good news: It’s difficult to be an optimist in India today
India’s economic growth has been falling for 42 months now, but the government has not spoken about why that is so and what went wrong
22 Jun 2021 7:17 AM
Aakar Patel | Civil society & NGOs: Why they matter in run-up to 2024
Adivasi resistance to the Indian State is not understood and it is not very widely covered in the media
15 Jun 2021 7:19 AM
Aakar Patel | Modi’s 15-point Vikas Yatra: How far has his govt really delivered?
The Vikas Yatra document does not refer to what the result of India climbing on the index was
08 Jun 2021 7:21 AM
Aakar Patel | How Jaishankar put on mat in US over Hindutva and other issues
India under Narendra Modi has spent a lot of energy in drafting laws that go after minorities
02 Jun 2021 7:20 AM
Aakar Patel | Why Twitter’s action on BJP ‘manipulation’ is rattling govt
India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government’s desire to control the messaging
25 May 2021 7:34 AM
Aakar Patel | Govt needed to have ‘grip’ over Covid: That is what PM lacks
The reason we don’t have enough vaccines is that we did not order them at the right time because we didn’t think we needed them
18 May 2021 7:14 AM
Aakar Patel | Don’t fudge Covid data, that’ll make crisis worse
The first reason why the government should come clean and say that its numbers are an undercount is public safety
11 May 2021 12:00 AM
Aakar Patel | Constitution is just forgotten: No ‘fraternity’ exists in India!
We have lost our empathy for those who are unlike us and we do not even recognise that we have lost it
04 May 2021 12:00 AM
Aakar Patel | India’s health calamity has exposed flaws in Gujarat Model
There is no example of a developed nation that had a Third World education and healthcare system
27 Apr 2021 12:00 AM
Aakar Patel | How the world sees India is changing… not for the better
India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force is at a historic low
20 Apr 2021 12:00 AM
Aakar Patel | It’s wrong to say Indians have right to choose faith
In 2003, under Narendra Modi, Gujarat passed a law that essentially removed all freedom of religion for Gujaratis
13 Apr 2021 1:21 AM
Aakar Patel | India headed in wrong direction: Is it too late to correct course?
We have become as much of a religious state as Pakistan and this is a fact
30 Mar 2021 1:16 AM
Aakar Patel | The ‘unreality’ of India today: Nothing makes sense any more
The second wave of Covid-19 had begun at the end of February, so the question is why spectators were allowed into the Narendra Modi Stadium
23 Mar 2021 7:55 AM
Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what ‘parivartan’ it hopes to bring
The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to individual liberty
16 Mar 2021 4:14 AM
Aakar Patel | India’s image in free fall, but govt in denial on real causes
The fact is that we do very well on political rights, and in fact the government gets 3/4 on transparency, which is hardly accurate
09 Mar 2021 11:28 AM
Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India’s global reputation hit
The Indian government today does not care what it does to Indians as long as it can continue on its path
02 Mar 2021 10:35 AM
Aakar Patel | Who’s to blame for Rs 100 petrol: Nehru, Indira or Modi Sarkar?
India’s consumers pay the highest rate of tax on the petrol and diesel that they consume
23 Feb 2021 4:13 AM
Aakar Patel | Vital areas in kids’ health left ignored in Budget 2021
Poshan Abhiyan, the flagship programme meant to improve nutritional outcomes by 2022, was also damaged
16 Feb 2021 7:27 AM
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