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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
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    Alarm bells vs jingle bells

    Three and half years of high-decibel Hindutva has done much for Modi and his party.

    28 Dec 2017 3:29 AM IST

    The video showed a man leading the victim identified as Mohammed Afrazul, to a spot and then attacking him with an axe from behind. (Screengrab from NDTV)Opinion
    It's time to unite India against climate of hate

    Shambhulal has been arrested but the clip, filmed by his 14-year-old nephew and uploaded on the social media, has gone...

    14 Dec 2017 6:17 AM IST

    Sunita Narain, of the Centre for Science and Environment. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)Books
    Fixing the air is everyone's job, says Sunita Narain

    I have had many other American commentators, equally well known, who have come and interviewed me but I have always been...

    8 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

    Hadiya arrives at the Cochin International airport to board a flight to Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
    To empower women, hear what they want

    In the Hadiya case, sections of society have labelled the matter a case of love jihad .

    30 Nov 2017 1:37 AM IST

    The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) made the recommendations in its submission to the top court on strengthening Delhi-NCRs Graded Response Action Plan. 9PhotoOpinion
    Delhi's foul air: Alarm bells for India's health

    Other cities like Beijing, grappling with poisonous air, have put in place time-bound measures to improve the situation.

    16 Nov 2017 12:41 AM IST

    Tourism Minister KJ Alphons visited the Swiss couple when they were in the hospital. (Photo: Alphonstourism | Twitter)Opinion
    What kind of culture' needs such violence?

    Killing someone or hitting someone in the name of defending Indian culture' damages it the most.

    2 Nov 2017 12:31 AM IST

    The countrys serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)Opinion
    Hungry India: Are we angry enough?

    The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the...

    19 Oct 2017 2:47 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    End child marriages to build a real new India'

    If the government now has the sense to not challenge the Supreme Court verdict, it must create such support systems.

    14 Oct 2017 1:12 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the BJP National Executive meeting at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    More toilet talk vital for a cleaner India

    The Press Information Bureau says over two lakh villages have become open defecation-free.

    5 Oct 2017 3:18 AM IST

    Demonstrators protest outside Ryan International School as they demand action against the school in Gurgaon on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why not rate schools on how safe they are?

    If children aren't safe inside schools, what does it say about the shape of the future to come?

    21 Sept 2017 12:29 AM IST

    Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Don't normalise' preventable catastrophes and disasters

    Climate change has made disasters much more severe and likely, and there is really no option but to take preventive...

    7 Sept 2017 12:49 AM IST

    Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, had been convicted on Friday of raping the two women at the sprawling headquarters of his hugely popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Haryana, in a case dating back more than 15 years. (Photo: AFP/File)Opinion
    Predator-godmen rise due to State's failure

    Gurmeet Singh set up not only a default State but also positioned himself as a job provider.

    30 Aug 2017 7:21 PM IST

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