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The key provision of AFSPA is the sweeping empowerment of individuals from the police and the military and the paramilitary forces to open fire if he is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do for the maintenance of public order. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Aakar Patel | Should AFSPA be repealed, or stay? The case: For and...

Later this month the Nagaland Assembly will convene a special session to demand that the law be suspended in that state

13 Dec 2021 9:31 PM

It appears that many Indians are not primarily voting on the basis of issues like the economy and their own well-being as measured by data provided by the government. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | India headed in wrong direction: Is it too late to...

We have become as much of a religious state as Pakistan and this is a fact

29 March 2021 7:46 PM

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Aakar Patel | Modi's 15-point Vikas Yatra: How far has his govt really...

The Vikas Yatra document does not refer to what the result of India climbing on the index was

8 Jun 2021 1:51 AM

All individuals in Assam had to submit to the government documents which showed that their ancestors had been in Assam as citizens before 1971. (Photo: DC File)

Aakar Patel | Presumption of guilt' violates a key principle of common...

The State now assumes that you have done something wrong, and it is for you to demonstrate your innocence

27 Sept 2021 6:51 PM

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 1:48 AM

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

14 Nov 2022 6:51 PM

Kashmiri children look from behind a closed window of their house during a counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here...

If we observe the events of the recent past, it appears he is right

3 Jan 2022 9:18 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during Nari Shakti Vandan - Abhinandan event, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG's working shows it remains...

It is hard to reconcile these words with the actual actions of Mr Modi and his government on vital issues where opacity...

16 Oct 2023 6:35 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Modi 2.0: There's a contradiction between the myth and...

On corruption, the BJP has been on the backfoot since January because of the Adani affair.

20 March 2023 7:15 PM

For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic...

Not only have we not added new jobs, we have lost some of those we had.

24 April 2023 7:29 PM

Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | What will special session take up? No one knows, not...

The Winter Session will begin in November, so it is not as if there is no other time for Parliament to meet. Why again...

11 Sept 2023 6:52 PM

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)

Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in...

Criminal law has the power to destroy lives and its use for this reason must be guarded, measured and calibrated

4 Sept 2023 6:35 PM