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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 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

    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

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