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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
    Congress Party workers celebrate the party victory in the states Assembly elections, at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Game of Change: Stormy days lie ahead

    This isn't how the BJP's spin masters and pundits will frame the narrative in the coming days.

    13 Dec 2018 5:37 AM IST

    The state health department has taken this decision with the aim of encouraging maximum doctors to work and serve in rural areas. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Looks can kill: Watch docs, hospitals closely

    The investigations cover coronary stents, pacemakers, hip implants, knee implants, breast implants, pelvic meshes and...

    29 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Officials attributed the sudden deterioration in the air quality to a change in wind direction, which is now blowing from the northwestern region towards Delhi and bringing dust and smoke from stubble burning in neighbouring states with it.Opinion
    Must religion & health be on collision course?

    In the city, the corresponding figure was 302. Health experts consider an AQI (air quality index) above 100 as...

    15 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Don't undermine SC, that would hurt India

    The Supreme Court, as every Indian citizen knows, has served as the final word on some of the most important issues...

    1 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

    Alpesh Thakore (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Insiders and outsiders: Why migrants are vital

    Young India is hungry for jobs that pay, and there are not enough a harsh reality that even official documents are...

    18 Oct 2018 4:32 AM IST

    Now, male behaviour is on the radar too; a rising number of women are saying no to unsafe workspaces, for themselves and others. This is one of the biggest achievements of the #MeToo campaign. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)Opinion
    #MeToo to #UsToo: Power lies in numbers

    The stories of sexual harassment that we are hearing today can't be all lumped in one basket.

    13 Oct 2018 2:02 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why constitutional morality' is vital, and matters to us all

    Lawyers and judges have in the past weighed into the discussion on constitutional morality with great vigour.

    4 Oct 2018 6:20 AM IST

    The horror stories of sedation, gangrape, torture and murder of inmates of a childrens home in Bihars Muzaffarpur cast light on a ghastly incident that is searing the national conscience. (Representational image)Opinion
    Why religious leaders could turn predators

    The powerful often flout the law because they know they can get away; the club of the powerful look after each other.

    20 Sept 2018 1:45 AM IST

    Lois Sofia was arrested after the plane landed in Tuticorin and Tamilisai filed a complaint with the airport police. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Dissent & democracy: A real debate needed

    Some of the recent arrests were under UAPA, a law that turns on its head the principle that everybody is innocent till...

    6 Sept 2018 7:55 AM IST

    An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Rising above adversity: Signs of hope in Kerala

    Flooded Kerala has shown us what resilience means and what a joint rescue effort by officials and the people can...

    23 Aug 2018 6:54 AM IST

    Muzaffarpur shelter home issue had surfaced in March after a Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) found sexual assault victims. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)Opinion
    After Bihar-UP horrors, act fast, halt kids' abuse

    There are around 9,000 government-run childcare institutions and shelter homes for women/girls across India.

    9 Aug 2018 6:01 AM IST

    Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. In fresh violence, one person was killed during the clash, after polices open fire killing at least ten people yesterday, and injuring many others. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Vikas and violence can't go together

    Development programmes work best when there is social stability.

    27 July 2018 12:38 AM IST

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