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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
    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

    Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its place in The World By Alyssa Ayres OUP, pp 360 Rs 695.Books
    Acquainting American readers with Asia's third-largest economy

    Ayres needs no introduction to those who follow international affairs.

    6 April 2018 12:18 AM IST

    CBSE students protest over the paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Leak wake-up call: Rejig exams, junk cramming

    In the short term, everything possible needs to be done to ensure that subsequent batches of students do not face a...

    5 April 2018 6:13 AM IST

    Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during an interaction with women and girl students at a Women Townhall in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    No jobs at home: Why war zones lure Indians

    Successive Indian governments have successfully evacuated stranded Indians from conflict zones.

    22 March 2018 12:58 AM IST

    Remains of the five-feet-tall statue of Lenin which was allegedly demolished by a pay-loader at Belonia in South Tripura district on Monday afternoon and was thrown at the nearby jungle. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chalo Paltai! Smashing statues won't bring jobs

    Some have also said Lenin was a foreigner and therefore not deserving of a statue in this country.

    8 March 2018 12:49 AM IST

    Nirav ModiOpinion
    No one is accountable. And we're all to blame

    Pick any story about a disaster or gross negligence and one thing becomes clear.

    22 Feb 2018 1:34 AM IST

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