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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    Bangladesh has managed to improve manufacturings share of GDP in recent years from 16 per cent to 20 per cent while Indias has fallen from 15 per cent to 12 per cent since 2014. (Representational Image. DC File Image)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | South Asia will be compelled to change as world gets a...

    In terms of their Human Development Index, India is ranked 133rd in the world, Bangladesh at 135th and Pakistan at 154th

    30 Nov 2021 3:12 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | Why farm law recall miffed some in middle class, media

    What some of us think are strong, bold and firm decisions are cruel, harsh and unwanted for others

    23 Nov 2021 3:24 AM IST

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    Aakar Patel | If Indians focus on trivia, ignore hard reality, the...

    On every meaningful measure, life for Indians compares poorly with those in other democracies

    16 Nov 2021 11:42 AM IST

    After the Prime Ministers encouragement, the then BJP-ruled state of Maharashtra and then Haryana had criminalised the possession of beef, leading to a sequence of lynchings that still continues, though it has dropped out of the news cycle. (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Bigotry misfit in modern world: What direction is India...

    There is no Muslim chief minister in India today and no Muslim Lok Sabha MP among the ruling party's 303 members

    9 Nov 2021 2:24 AM IST

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    Changing faith or propagating one's religion: Is it a right or a crime...

    India allows Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist dalits access to Scheduled Caste reservations but not Christian and Muslim dalits

    2 Nov 2021 12:05 AM IST

    A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | The real story behind India's success in 1 bn vaccine...

    On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country's largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global...

    26 Oct 2021 1:36 AM IST

    India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in...

    In 2015, India's ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. Last year, in 2020, it fell by 39 places to land at 94.

    19 Oct 2021 1:39 AM IST

    It appears that terrorism is not going down because we have de-operationalised Article 370. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | How has ending Art. 370 helped Kashmir, or India as a...

    That Article 370 was the root of separatism, terrorism, nepotism and corruption

    12 Oct 2021 2:47 AM IST

    Several states which had declared 100 per cent ODF in March 2018 were found by the survey conducted six months later to not have achieved this. (Photo: Twitter/@Swachh_Jalaun)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Why focus on sanitation is essential for a cleaner India

    This focus on littering and rubbish is what separates Swachh Bharat from the two other programmes for sanitation that...

    5 Oct 2021 7:53 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    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

    28 Sept 2021 12:30 AM IST

    Globally, 54 per cent women lost their jobs during the Covid pandemic, said Columbia University Medical Centre Public Psychiatry Education Director and Clinical Psychiatry Associate Professor Dr Stephanie M. Le Melle on Saturday. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Poverty on the rise, jobs begin to vanish: Will India...

    MNREGA guarantees 100 days of employment in the year at Rs 200 per day to each registered household

    21 Sept 2021 2:47 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Aakar Patel | Why not do the obvious thing? Repeal 3 laws, end farm...

    On January 12 this year, the Supreme Court 'stayed' the implementation of the farm laws

    14 Sept 2021 2:35 AM IST

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