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Aakar Patel is a translator of Urdu and Gujarati works and a former newspaper editor.

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Why There Is A Problem With Opinion Polls In India

One of the biggest problems pollsters have is that people often lie in India.

Dec 09, 2018
Here's Why PM Modi's G20 Move On Economic Offenders Is Unlikely To Change Anything

Unfortunately for us, many of the G20 nations are rule of law nations, meaning that their judiciary is actually independent. They will observe and accept the absconding person's argument that in India the investigating agencies, judiciary and jail system are problematic. This cannot be denied, even by us.

Dec 02, 2018
How Babri Demolition Is Shaping The India We Live In Today

The one change that has come by our way as a nation is that we have become more easily communal in our expression as a nation. Today the political parties and the mass media we can say things, reckless things, that they perhaps hesitated from saying before 1992.

Nov 25, 2018
Should Rahul Gandhi Say He Is Not A PM Candidate?

We must accept that the Gandhi family has sacrificed more for this nation than the leadership of any political party. Would their prestige be restored by another act of sacrifice and renunciation?

Nov 18, 2018
What Makes India Powerful, What Sort Of A Country We Want

The assumption is that it is a strong leader like the current prime minister who will make India powerful. But, true greatness will elude this nation, no matter how brilliant the individual at the helm may be.

Nov 11, 2018
Is India Different From Pakistan?

In India, the Hindu right wing is hounding writer Ramachandra Guha calling him anti-national. In Pakistan, people are objecting to the Supreme Court decision that freed a poor Christian woman who was jailed for many years on the false charge of defaming Islam.

Nov 04, 2018
Modi Govt Beware! Unlike USA, Indian Elections Are Fought Over Negative Issues

The fact is that negative issues in India tend to work better than positive ones. Any experienced politician will tell you this.

Oct 25, 2018
M J Akbar Should Be Fired Rather Than Being Allowed To Resign

He redefined to many of us what Indian identity meant. He broadened it and he made it more liberal, more flexible and more attractive. However, I hope he is fired, rather than allowed to resign.

Oct 14, 2018
BJP Is Unlikely To Flaunt Its Economic Record In 2019 Election Campaign

If we were to look at the various reservation agitations by the large dominant peasant groups, the Patidars, the Jats and the Marathas, we would conclude that not enough jobs are being created to shift people from agriculture to the modern economy.

Oct 07, 2018

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