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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar. (PTI)Opinion
    It’s important for media to focus on the reality of life in this...

    India’s media is largely an accomplice of the State here

    22 Feb 2022 1:41 AM IST

    Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Let women wear the hijab or not: It’s not the job of...

    The hijab issue has again brought what India is doing to its minorities to the notice of the world

    15 Feb 2022 1:49 AM IST

    India has, according to the governments own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of...

    The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in India’s political debate

    8 Feb 2022 2:13 AM IST

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Can BJP lose its vote share, but still win in UP? Wait...

    The broad patterns tell us that to sweep Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has to retain its vote share of the past three elections

    1 Feb 2022 2:34 AM IST

    Dharam Sansad was held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days from December 16 to 19. (Photo: Screengrab)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the...

    It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

    25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM IST

    Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control (LoC). (PTI file photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Pakistan’s new security policy: How should India...

    The policy articulates what it sees as Pakistan’s vision and priorities and provides a detailed implementation...

    19 Jan 2022 2:46 AM IST

    It is accurate to say that India has quite consciously been led to the stage today when communalism has completely infected the nation. (Representational Image/ PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with...

    A course can be corrected only if we accept that we are headed in the wrong direction

    11 Jan 2022 2:15 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here… will be hard...

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

    4 Jan 2022 8:52 AM IST

    A group of migrants carry their belongings as they walk to their villages, amid a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, near Delhi-UP Border in New Delhi. PTI photoOpinion
    Aakar Patel | As 2022 looms, we can only hope for some easing of pain

    Perhaps we should begin from the place that has become frozen in time: Kashmir

    28 Dec 2021 1:45 AM IST

    The Centre has been requesting that due consideration be given to suitable candidates belonging to the SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and Women says, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar PrasadOpinion
    Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in...

    In the first two weeks of December 2021 alone, attacks against Christians were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and...

    21 Dec 2021 3:55 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    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 3:01 AM IST

    People crowd a market after further ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Patna. (Representational Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems...

    The state today has no democracy and is the only Indian state/Union territory without an elected government

    7 Dec 2021 1:57 AM IST

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