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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Polarisation in pandemic times is the price we...

The narrative grabbing headlines in recent days pivots around the persistent drip-drip of hate speech against minorities

30 Dec 2021 7:30 AM IST

Balrampur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of the Saryu Nahar National Project, ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022, in Balrampur district. (PTI Photo)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Politics of nostalgia hides the problems of...

Central to the BJP's ideology is the juxtaposition of a glorious Hindu golden age followed by an era of Muslim...

17 Dec 2021 11:59 PM IST

People get inoculated with the dose of the Covaxin Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a temporary vaccination camp inside a school in Mumbai. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Greek alphabet is still roiling our lives

Omicron is the fifth such VOC, and the first since the Delta (B.1.617) variant which ravaged so many countries

2 Dec 2021 2:49 AM IST

Culinary politics and battles over what one can eat, what one cant and where are likely to continue in the coming months as Assembly elections in various states draw closer. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Veg or non-veg? In India's food wars, free...

The town planning committee of the AMC has just decided to make the city's public spaces free of street carts selling...

18 Nov 2021 2:09 AM IST

We celebrate primarily because it gives us joy, because it helps us connect and share precious moments with those we love. (DC Image)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Diwali isn't just crackers It's lights, warmth...

Victory of good over evil can't be reduced to just bursting firecrackers

4 Nov 2021 12:55 AM IST

India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why is India so prickly as it faces global...

In the latest UN Human Development Index, India is placed 131 out of 189 countries

23 Oct 2021 1:27 AM IST

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Tit for tat' is an attack on rule of law &...

Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy

7 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

The bill, as it stands now, states that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event .

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil...

Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages

23 Sept 2021 11:40 PM IST

Health advisories say elderly people are more at risk to novel coronavirus infection and need special care (PTI)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Loneliness is the hidden pandemic in Covid...

Because loneliness is not a disease, it is not a priority for the policy folks

9 Sept 2021 2:17 AM IST

Students wearing facemasks sit in a classroom after their school was reopened in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP Photo

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Reopen schools, but keep ground realities in...

Online education has certainly helped many children but the pandemic has also exposed the glaring fault lines in our...

26 Aug 2021 1:55 AM IST

The future looks even more turbulent more heatwaves worsened by higher humidity, erratic rainfall, more droughts, floods and forest fires. Representational Image. (Twitter)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Health a key priority in battling climate...

India, home to millions of the world's poorest, should be worried and better prepared

12 Aug 2021 3:51 AM IST

If a state wishes to stabilise its population, it could start with focusing its political energy on improving female literacy and other. Representational Image (Representational image: PTI)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Stabilising population by coercion can never...

There has been a continuous fertility decline among most states in India over the years

15 July 2021 9:08 AM IST