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About the AuthorPatralekha Chatterjee
Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha ChatterjeeAll India
    Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha...

    A gut-wrenching case which made national and international headlines unfolded just days ago when parents, students and...

    1 Dec 2025 10:36 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities |...

    The urban poor have always lived on the edge, but now even the lower middle class and middle class are feeling the...

    11 Nov 2025 11:39 PM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s OutcomesColumnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s...

    The air is abuzz with talk of cloud seeding and artificial rain. The BJP-led Delhi government is promoting it, echoing a...

    31 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to Fray?Columnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to...

    Deaths in Madhya Pradesh highlight recurring lapses, weak regulation, and unequal access to safe medicines

    15 Oct 2025 9:29 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? |...

    In the global race for talent, timing is everything. Just as the Trump administration slaps a $100,000 fee on new H-1B...

    29 Sept 2025 10:39 PM IST

    Dev 360 | South Asia’s Youth Crisis: A Warning Bell In Nepal | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | South Asia’s Youth Crisis: A Warning Bell In Nepal |...

    Kathmandu is on edge not because of ‘apps’, but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has...

    15 Sept 2025 10:49 PM IST

    Bool Review | Wit, Wounds And Gated LivesBooks
    Bool Review | Wit, Wounds And Gated Lives

    One also wonders if this might have worked better as a Netflix talk show: punchy, provocative. As a book, it meanders...

    13 Sept 2025 4:35 PM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & StrategyColumnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & Strategy

    Experts say MSMEs need support, skills, and global links

    2 Sept 2025 1:19 AM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Indias Real Tariff Test: The Human Toll of a Trade WarColumnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | India's Real Tariff Test: The Human Toll of a...

    India’s migrant workers in export hubs power the country’s global trade -- and now face a crisis they did not...

    15 Aug 2025 11:12 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Cholas, Mughals & India’s Education: Past & Present | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Cholas, Mughals & India’s Education: Past & Present |...

    Unsurprisingly, this visit — alongside the ongoing rewriting of school history textbooks — has reignited debates that in...

    4 Aug 2025 9:57 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Cholas, Mughals & India’s Education: Past & Present | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Cholas, Mughals & India’s Education: Past & Present |...

    Unsurprisingly, this visit — alongside the ongoing rewriting of school history textbooks — has reignited debates that in...

    4 Aug 2025 9:54 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Radhika’s Killing: ‘Honour’, Control Rules Digital India | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Radhika’s Killing: ‘Honour’, Control Rules Digital India |...

    He shot her four times in the back as she cooked breakfast. Her name was Radhika Yadav. She was 25

    18 July 2025 10:44 PM IST

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