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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
    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

    A boy pushes a table in a flooded locality of Bellandur after heavy monsoon rains, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | India's sinking story: Can we reimagine our...

    Bengaluru continues to reel from torrential rains, flooded homes, widespread power cuts, submerged roads and more

    9 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

    One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for developed' India by...

    Development , like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges

    26 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

    Artists of Red Cross society wear coronavirus helmet to spread awareness about the pandemic in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Do our recent health crises offer teachable...

    In the time of pandemics and climate change, no problem can be dismissed as someone else's headache

    30 July 2022 12:22 AM IST

    An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

    What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

    14 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

    People pay their respects to slain Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men for supporting a former spokeswoman of the railing Bharatiya Janta Party for her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, in Udaipur on June 30, 2022. (AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | It's time to reclaim our minds, dial down hate

    The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society

    1 July 2022 12:04 AM IST

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