Discrimination against Muslims permitted through law in India, says Aakar Patel

India has developed a nationalism that is fierce, but essentially inward-focused, and of late there is discrimination against Muslims that is permitted through law, Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International in India, has said.

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/discrimination-against-muslims-permitted-through-law-in-india-says-aakar-patel/article67056946.ece

Red flags Failed to Move Regulators, Government or the Adani Group

Investment firm Hindenburg’s sensational allegation that the Adani Group pulled off ‘one of the largest cons in corporate history’ is not new but Parliament was told that ED had no case against Adani.

#GautamAdani #AdaniGroup #HindenburgResearch #CorporateFraud #stocks #CronyCapitalism #BJP #business #economy #industry #opinion #AakarPatel

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/red-flags-failed-to-move-regulators-government-or-the-adani-group

What ideology of RSS stands for… Why it often sets off social friction

The issue is whether the RSS is misunderstood and, particularly, whether the RSS’ ideology is misunderstood.

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https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/160123/aakar-patel-what-ideology-of-rss-stands-for-why-it-often-sets-off-social-friction.html

India’s Pakistan obsession: Can doctrine shift to focus on China?

Till the clash in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, of India’s 38 divisions, only 12 faced China while the rest were ranged against Pakistan. Today, 16 face China with more on the way. We have been yanked into a military posture that is conventional again. India was compelled to do this against its will, though there is of course no media uproar over why we were wasting time obsessing over the wrong thing.

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https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/020123/aakar-patel-indias-pakistan-obsession-can-doctrine-shift-to-focu.html

Exploring the Sangh

Aakar Patel reviews Devanura Mahadeva's book 'RSS: The Long and Short of It' translated from Kannada by S.R. Ramakrishna.

The stress on homogeneity over diversity shows, the author writes, in such things as nomenclature. The RSS and the BJP refer to Adivasis as vanvasis (forest dwellers), thus eroding their indigenous identity. Mahadeva calls Hindutva a “cow-faced tiger”, an entity that is eating at Indian society from within.

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https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/exploring-the-sangh-book-review-rss-the-long-and-short-of-it-by-devanura-mahadeva-translated-by-s-r-ramakrishna/article66262622.ece

There we go, the judiciary acknowledges that it is subservient to the executive!

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Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Friday granted interim relief to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which had sought revision of the order directing them to immediately withdraw the Look Out Circular issued by it against #AakarPatel
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He should still push the case up the court system hierarchy to get compensation for the airfare and costs, will likely lose in Delhi HC, but who knows if he might get listed in SCI after a few years and gets a favorable bench...

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Judge directs CBI to file a compliance report at 4 PM tomorrow.

Court says certain directions have been issued to CBI.

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