A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another ...

What are the problems affecting those countries that made up pre-1947 India? There appear to be three important ones which ...

Much has been written and will be written about what Manmohan Singh was. Here are a few lines on what he was not. Manmohan Singh was not a representative of New India. He was a leader from the ...

Manmohan Singh represented the finest aspects of India, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Then prime minister Manmohan Singh with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee before their meeting to ...

The top court was hearing a batch of pleas including those by Moitra, academician Apoorvanand Jha and columnist Aakar Patel, ...

Writer and thinker Aakar Patel stated that a “license” to protest transforms a fundamental right into a privilege. He said that Jantar Mantar in New Delhi has become a graveyard for protests ...

The Association for Protection of Civil Rights, Delhi University Professor Apoorvanand, activist Aakar Patel, and Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra approached the top court, arguing the directive ...

Else, we're planning to have mass protests." ‘Find traffic solutions' Writer Aakar Patel spoke of the fundamental nature of free speech and peaceful assembly and criticised how the govt itself ...

and fair trial," Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said. From news to politics, travel to sport, culture to climate – The Independent has a host of free newsletters to ...

The Supreme Court was hearing a batch of petitions including those by Moitra, academician Apoorvanand Jha and columnist Aakar Patel, and NGO Association for Protection of Civil Rights challenging ...