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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Why ‘strong’ India still needs a healing touchOpinion
    Why ‘strong’ India still needs a healing touch

    The campaign has been as intense, acrimonious and polarising as the kind we have seen in India.

    23 May 2019 1:03 AM IST

    Push science, not myths; India’s future is at stakeOpinion
    Push science, not myths; India’s future is at stake

    Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb once publicly said that the Internet existed at the time of the Mahabharat.

    16 May 2019 7:31 AM IST

    Dead or living: Whose report are we seeking?Opinion
    Dead or living: Whose report are we seeking?

    The dead have featured prominently in the current political discourse and stump speeches.

    10 May 2019 7:39 AM IST

    A daily dose of venom for a ‘hit’ on May 23?Opinion
    A daily dose of venom for a ‘hit’ on May 23?

    Think Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “chowkidar” campaign and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s response...

    2 May 2019 1:34 AM IST

    Dev 360: Highways, byways tell different stories in UPOpinion
    Dev 360: Highways, byways tell different stories in UP

    On the ongoing polls, what you hear in UP depends on how far you walk from the main roads.

    26 April 2019 7:30 AM IST

    Towards inclusive India: Why social justice is vitalOpinion
    Towards inclusive India: Why social justice is vital

    Most people anywhere in the world prefer to live within their comfort zones, and are not interested in exploring the...

    18 April 2019 1:07 AM IST

    Dev 360: As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?Opinion
    Dev 360: As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?

    In this fluid and fast-changing scenario, can one definitively predict poll outcomes?

    4 April 2019 7:27 AM IST

    Dev 360: Why India & world should learn from NZ’s ArdernOpinion
    Dev 360: Why India & world should learn from NZ’s Ardern

    In India, we have seen hatred towards Muslims being fuelled and sustained by words and deeds.

    21 March 2019 7:33 AM IST

    In the first incident, unidentified robbers assaulted a security guard in Bhuvneshwwari Nagar in T. Dasarahalli with an intention to rob him. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Dev 360: The missing link in the national security debate

    A country can't be truly secure if there are citizens who feel disenfranchised, that they don't belong here.

    8 March 2019 7:32 AM IST

    By Nadeem Zaman Pan Macmillan India, 340 pp, Rs 419Lifestyle
    Blood-splattered birth of a nation

    Zaman tells the small stories that swirl around that big story.

    24 Feb 2019 3:06 AM IST

    A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

    Today, many young Indians see Kashmir only through the lens of bloodshed and violence.

    21 Feb 2019 12:59 AM IST

    The predictions are that there will be 2.5 to 5 lakh jobs which are going to be created in the IT sector in 2019 and Hyderabad is going to be a major destination for these jobs. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Dev 360: On the jobs front, all is still not well

    The government's various skill development programmes in recent years don't seem to have made much difference.

    8 Feb 2019 2:03 AM IST

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