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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
    Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the countrys southeast on February 7, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Turkish lesson: Ignoring building codes...

    If buildings in an earthquake-prone area are constructed to withstand the shaking, then the people inside are much safer

    16 Feb 2023 12:12 AM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better oversightOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better...

    India's drug regulators must do a better job to detect non-standard quality drugs before an international alert

    9 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don't leave poor...

    This jobless growth has left millions of Indians in precarious conditions, scrounging for whatever work they can get

    27 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    All children in primary schools need personalised guidance from their teachers. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Dip in basic skills a worry for India...

    A critical challenge in boosting children's foundational skills will be state capacity.

    21 Jan 2023 12:53 AM IST

    The residents of Joshimath staged a massive protest when the district administration tried to demolish two hotels that fell in the dangerous category. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Joshimath's lesson: Don't over-develop'...

    Media reports say that cracks have appeared in more than 670 of some 2,500 buildings

    14 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Where does India figure in a very uncertain...

    India is better prepared even if the coronavirus knocks again as a new variant.

    30 Dec 2022 1:19 AM IST

    The film The Kashmir Files is based on the exodus and killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists. (Twitter)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | In a democracy, we need all the stories, all...

    Why should criticism of a cinematic approach to portraying a topic be conflated with criticism of the topic?

    2 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate change crisis is deepening...

    What is being done? How seriously are we taking the looming challenges triggered by climate change?

    19 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Rescue personnel conduct search operations after a bridge across the river Machchhu collapsed at Morbi in Gujarat on October 31 (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Safety, maintenance key in infra, other...

    What are the lessons in the wake of one of the worst public safety tragedies in India?

    3 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Lucknow: A truck driver prepares his meal on a roadside at Lucknow - Agra expressway during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of deadly coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow. PTI photoOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame...

    India's officialdom rubbished the findings and called the GHI 2021 assessment of India as shocking

    21 Oct 2022 12:53 AM IST

    This year, Durga Puja, the biggest festival for Bengalis, was celebrated with more aplomb than ever since Unesco included Durga Puja in Kolkata in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last year. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Festivals need to celebrate inclusion, not...

    In a fractured and increasingly polarised society, festivals offer a fantastic opportunity to be inclusive in its...

    7 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Patralekha Chatterjee | India's pride, prejudice and its global...

    The India of the future will depend on which metrics and indicators we choose to play up, and which ones we try to gloss...

    23 Sept 2022 1:55 AM IST

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