Aakar Patel
 "Aakar Patel")
Aakar Patel
Aakar Patel is a columnist who has edited English and Gujarati newspapers. He has worked with several Indian media organisations.
Aakar Patel is a columnist who has edited English and Gujarati newspapers. He has worked with several Indian media organisations.
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Sitharaman's maiden Budget leaves big economic questions unanswered
The adoption of electric vehicles is poor in India because of a lack of consumer choice
 "Sitharaman's maiden Budget leaves big economic questions unanswered")
Political posturing
The interesting thing is that the writer brings in the crisis of the present in several ways
 "Political posturing")
Pakistan, terror funds and Kashmir
Global sanctions against Pakistan for not doing enough to curb terror financing will not deliver any relief to India
 "Pakistan, terror funds and Kashmir")
Rulers and information
The book also engages with the term Hindu, a favourite theme of the RSS and its ideologues and friends, again going back to Savarkar
 "Rulers and information")
The uniting power of Hindi
Indians display remarkable apathy to excesses by the state -except when at stake is their language
 "The uniting power of Hindi")
The vision of a leader
No other leader in our history, or that of our neighbours, has been able to produce anything of the quality that Nehru did
 "The vision of a leader")
The traitor and the patriot
Older readers will remember a time from 30 years ago when no other party would align with the BJP because it was 'communal'
 "The traitor and the patriot")
The day at the booth
'Wins and losses are one thing, but sending a message is in my opinion something even stronger', says the author
 "The day at the booth")
Modi and the art of next best
His first term in the Lok Sabha was spent in comfort. But the second could be a test for his charisma-driven politics
 "Modi and the art of next best")
Election non-issues
In India, the giant rally has been the means of choice for political parties to show the extent of their mobilisation
 "Election non-issues")
The second-class citizens of cricket
Rules of the game favour the bat over the ball
 "The second-class citizens of cricket")
Why Balakot should be kept out of elections
If it brings electoral success, it will encourage further adventurism and divert attention from issues of substance
 "Why Balakot should be kept out of elections")
'Rowlatt Acts' India gifted itself
Detention without charge or trial is rampant today, but our legislators no longer seem to care about oppression by the state
 "'Rowlatt Acts' India gifted itself")
Works of honour
Iqbal's great work is the Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, and it is one of the world's undiscovered classics
 "Works of honour")
The price of majoritarianism
What do I mean by the word majoritarian? I mean the attitude that the religious majority is entitled to a certain degree of primacy
 "The price of majoritarianism")
Decoding Golwalkar's ideas and their fallacy
The 103rd amendment is supposed to put reservations above caste. But Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste
 "Decoding Golwalkar's ideas and their fallacy")
Cultures in contrast
Clearly, Japan and South Korea have found something in their own culture and language that makes it easy for them to compete with the rest of the world and to pull their people out of poverty
 "Cultures in contrast")
The wheel of change
All the science tells us that we are headed for disaster but because to us climate change is not visible, there is no danger
 "The wheel of change")
Free media needs leaders willing to answer and reporters who can question
While we have seen leaders who are unwilling to answer questions, we have also seen reporters who are unwilling to ask good questions
 "Free media needs leaders willing to answer and reporters who can question")
Why the Bhaiyyas are leaving Gujarat
In the last 30 years, Gujaratis have been made to focus on collective identity and collective punishment
 "Why the Bhaiyyas are leaving Gujarat")
