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

Activists from Students Federation of India (SFI) hold placards during a demonstration against the recent hijab ban in few of Karnatakas educational institutes, in Chennai on February 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Hijab row: Beyond the hype and hysteria

Why do people care more about a headscarf worn by a woman than what is going on inside her head?

12 Feb 2022 12:42 AM IST

A train burns after the aspirants set it on fire during their protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards-Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exams, at Gaya Junction railway station. (Photo:PTI)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Don't let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget's top...

In the pandemic's third year, jobs must be the top priority. It's not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory

28 Jan 2022 11:05 PM IST

Recently, there was a conclave of so-called sadhus in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, which gave a call for killing and wiping out Muslims. (Representational Image/ AP)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Push back against hate: Redefine new normal'

In many countries, the unfolding tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic has been accompanied by intense polarisation

13 Jan 2022 1:29 AM IST

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)

Opinion

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)

Opinion

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

Opinion

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