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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The missing link in the national security debate

    The target was a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terrorist group which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama...

    8 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

    In The Time of The Others By Nadeem Zaman Pan Macmillan India, 340 pp, Rs 419Books
    Blood-splattered birth of a nation

    Zaman tells the small stories that swirl around that big story.

    24 Feb 2019 8:00 AM IST

    A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

    Today, many young Indians see Kashmir only through the lens of bloodshed and violence.

    21 Feb 2019 12:27 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers as finance minister Piyush Goyal presents the Interim Budget 2019-20 during the Budget Session at Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    On the jobs front, all is still not well

    The government insists that all is well on the jobs front in Mr Modi's New India .

    8 Feb 2019 12:47 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing BJPs booth-level workers from Lok Sabha constituencies of Kolhapur, Hatkanangle, Madha and Satara in Maharashtra and South Goa through video-conference. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)Opinion
    Data wars will intensify as polls near, get ready

    At a time of deep agrarian distress, there is also no comprehensive official data on farmer suicides.

    31 Jan 2019 12:36 AM IST

    Indias egg production will soon touch 100 billion annually from nearly 90 billion per year as the poultry sector is growing rapidly and becoming organised, the government said on Friday.Opinion
    India's egg wars' and our political priorities

    If Mr Upasane's words sound like they are stigmatising the everyday egg, which many of us have for breakfast, it is...

    24 Jan 2019 12:02 AM IST

    The report also says the number of students being enrolled in unrecognised schools has increased from 24,155 to 40,095.Opinion
    Can learning outcomes be a poll issue in India?

    The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2018) covers 596 districts in rural India and a total of 354,944...

    19 Jan 2019 12:09 AM IST

    He (Rahul Gandhi) crossed all limits of propriety, decency and probity in public life by almost condemning the Supreme Court. What does he mean? Is he above the Supreme Court? Union Law Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad asked. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Looking backwards as we look ahead to 2019

    Today, religion and mythology make up the main course on the high table of political discourse in this country.

    27 Dec 2018 12:48 AM IST

    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

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