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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
    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

    Most Indians see Vietnam through the images of war, bloodshed, suffering, and iconic photographs such as the one of a naked little Vietnamese girl fleeing her napalmed village. In Vietnam, they call it the American War . Millions of Vietnamese were killed; more than half were civilians; thousands of Americans also died. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    How a nation deals with the past: An Asian story

    As elections draw closer, expect more prattle about the past, more talk about Mughals who ruled centuries ago, their...

    18 July 2018 7:27 AM IST

    External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj underlined that the Indian High Commission will provide all help and assistance to the family. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Don't let the poison of hate spread, fight back

    This time, the target was none other than external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who was being viciously trolled in...

    28 Jun 2018 2:48 AM IST

    The European Union data protection laws will cover large tech companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook that use personal data as an advertising goldmine, as well as firms like banks and also public bodies. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Why guarding privacy, protecting your data is becoming vital in our...

    No one quite knows when the Srikrishna Committee will present its final report to the government, but it could be pretty...

    14 Jun 2018 2:15 AM IST

    A woman places flowers by a mural showing Savita Halappanavar (Photo: AP)Opinion
    When religion and healthcare collide

    Savita's family, and activists in Ireland and around the world, have argued that her life could have been saved had the...

    31 May 2018 1:06 AM IST

    Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy address the media after a meeting with Governor Rudabhai Vala in relation with in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Vikas & victory: There are no easy answers

    Despite its many shortfalls, the Congress Party in Karnataka did deliver its vision of social welfare...

    17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

    Red FortOpinion
    Why India is seeing red over Red Fort's upkeep

    The Taj Mahal is next, and several blue-chip Indian companies are reportedly competing to adopt it.

    3 May 2018 12:28 AM IST

    Demonstrators take part in a protest in Srinagar over the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    A restorative narrative after cascade of horror

    The barrage comes while most of us are yet to get over the two ghoulish reports that have convulsed the nation.

    19 April 2018 2:20 AM IST

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