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Patralekha Chatterjee
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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday began a statewide over actue water crisis issue. (Photo: File)Opinion
    A world without water: Scary future lies ahead

    Chennai's water crisis is front-page news; friends' FB posts describe in grim detail what is it is like to go without...

    28 Jun 2019 12:30 AM IST

    The petitioners have blamed the deaths on carelessness of the doctors at the hospital and further contended that although encephalitis claims many young lives every year there were no effective measures to contain the outbreak of the vector-borne disease. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Fix healthcare now, or future shock is certain

    Encephalopathy is a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected.

    21 Jun 2019 3:02 AM IST

    The weather agency has predicted a heat wave to severe heat wave conditions over parts of the northwest, central and adjoining east and peninsular India during the next four to five days. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Heat, drought & water crisis: Take action fast

    This has adverse consequences on millions of livelihoods, especially smallholder farmers.

    14 Jun 2019 12:54 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Modi's welfarism: Some action, a lot of emotion

    Modi framed the gas cylinder scheme not just as something that would reduce indoor air pollution but also empower the...

    31 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally in Churu, Rajasthan, on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why strong' India still needs a healing touch

    The campaign has been as intense, acrimonious and polarising as the kind we have seen in India.

    23 May 2019 12:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Digital India Week in New Delhi on July 1, 2015. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Push science, not myths; India's future is at stake

    The PM prides himself on being one of the most tech-savvy politicians and unabashedly admires all that smacks of the...

    16 May 2019 3:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Dead or living: Whose report are we seeking?

    Many among the minorities, especially Muslims, live in a state of insecurity and fear in the wake of lynchings in the...

    10 May 2019 12:04 AM IST

    Congress President Rahul GandhiOpinion
    A daily dose of venom for a hit' on May 23?

    Think Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chowkidar campaign and Congress president Rahul Gandhi's response chowkidar chor...

    2 May 2019 1:24 AM IST

    Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote at polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip, Ahmedabad; BJP President Amit Shah also present.. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    Highways, byways tell different stories in UP

    Raj Kishore, an elderly farmer, complained bitterly about villagers having to stay awake night after night guarding...

    26 April 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Towards inclusive India: Why social justice is vital

    Most people anywhere in the world prefer to live within their comfort zones, and are not interested in exploring the...

    18 April 2019 12:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various projects in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?

    The questions swirl around, as 900 million voters across the country get ready to vote in the forthcoming general...

    4 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Why India & world should learn from NZ's Ardern

    Ardern could have chosen to express shock, horror and stop at condemning the terror attack.

    21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

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