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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandypadhyay)Opinion
    Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

    If we don't take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading...

    2 April 2020 1:51 PM IST

    A volunteer distributes masks outside a government hospital as a precaution against COVID-19 in Jammu on March 16, 2020. (AP)Opinion
    Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

    Let-'s not be fixated on daily -'numbers-'; let-'s look at preparedness

    19 March 2020 8:30 AM IST

    A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photoOpinion
    Health security must beon the policy high table

    What is of great concern to India is the impact of coronavirus (called Covid 19 by scientists) on the pharmaceutical...

    21 Feb 2020 1:44 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Delhi poised on edge: Can a hate chant win?

    The young men who breezily sauntered down the road shouting explicitly violent slogans were eventually bundled into a...

    6 Feb 2020 4:25 AM IST

    Chandrashekhar AzadOpinion
    A crisis of healthcare plagues India’s jails

    The recent public protests against the citizenship law and related matters bring to the fore the issue of a prisoner’s...

    23 Jan 2020 5:59 AM IST

    It is vital to make sure that children acquire cognitive skills in their early years because this is closely linked to outcomes in many other areas.Opinion
    For kids, early years are vital to a brighter future

    The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 mandates that children should enter Class 1 at age...

    18 Jan 2020 5:45 AM IST

    JNU students protest at Delhi Police Headquarters after some masked miscreants attacked in the campus. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Young Indians want to take back stolen future

    JNU students say the police remained standing by as the stick-wielding intruders exited the campus without any...

    9 Jan 2020 2:02 AM IST

    Meanwhile, 9000 protestors have been booked and 2000 held for the violent protests across the state. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Everyone should have access to medical care

    The visuals of policemen storming into a hospital and banging on doors are hard to forget.

    27 Dec 2019 1:52 AM IST

    It is fair to say that large sections of the population have expressed gratitude to the police for eliminating those alleged rapists and killers of Dr. Disha.Opinion
    Is Indian State strong or is it, in fact, failing?

    A “strong” State can have strong coercive powers but low technical and organisational capacity.

    12 Dec 2019 12:26 AM IST

    It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.Opinion
    If trust breaks down, a society cannot survive

    As we know from our day-to-day experience, without a degree of trust, no economic transaction is possible.

    4 Dec 2019 12:51 AM IST

    Hundreds of students staged protests outside JNU on Monday over fee hike, curfew timings and dress code restrictions in the varsity. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Don’t question... be happy: The lesson from JNU stir

    Nearly 40 per cent of the students on the campus are reportedly from below poverty line (BPL) families.

    15 Nov 2019 12:39 AM IST

    People wear masks during a protest in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding the implementation of measures to reduce air pollution. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Toxic air, hungry kids: Divisive politics rules

    Malnutrition and air pollution are among the top health risks facing India.

    6 Nov 2019 5:51 AM IST

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