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

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Dev 360: Data wars will intensify as polls near, get ready

    Last year, the Modi government had released GDP growth estimates for the previous years based on an entirely new method...

    31 Jan 2019 1:37 AM IST

    The egg is a polarising issue, but not along neat, predictable, party-political lines. (Representational Image)Opinion
    India's egg wars' and our political priorities

    If Mr Upasane's words sound like they are stigmatising the everyday egg, which many of us have for breakfast, it is...

    24 Jan 2019 1:57 AM IST

    Young people are acquiring more education and entering the labour force with graduate degrees.Opinion
    Dev 360: Can learning outcomes be a poll issue in India?

    Can one seriously expect children, handicapped by poor nutrition and poor teaching, to show dramatic progress in...

    19 Jan 2019 7:36 AM IST

    Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghOpinion
    Looking backwards as we look ahead to 2019

    Today, religion and mythology make up the main course on the high table of political discourse in this country.

    27 Dec 2018 12:39 AM IST

    Now, nearly half a century later, a determined effort is being made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suborn the independence and integrity of the civil service. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Game of Change: Stormy days lie ahead

    We are likely to hear more of the Ram Mandir, framed as a “cultural issue”, a collective people's demand, not an...

    13 Dec 2018 7:17 AM IST

    As the national plastic surgery day is being observed on July 15, Dr Smitha said that there is a general fear that plastic surgeries might not work. Seeing the right doctor at the right time plays a vital role in plastic surgeries, she said. (Photo: Pixabay) (Representational image)Opinion
    Looks can kill: Watch docs, hospitals closely

    The investigations cover coronary stents, pacemakers, hip implants, knee implants, breast implants, pelvic meshes and...

    29 Nov 2018 7:14 AM IST

    The respondents also believe that the top three environmental issues that affect personal health are air pollution, drinking polluted water and global warming and climate change (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Dev 360: Must religion & health be on collision course?

    Polluted air also does not differentiate between the believer and non-believer, between Hindus and non-Hindus.

    15 Nov 2018 7:44 AM IST

    Addressing a gathering, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath asked the pro-Dalit activists to raise the issue of Dalit reservation in AMU and Jamia Millia University. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Don't undermine SC, that would hurt India

    Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath publicly said sometimes, justice delayed is justice equivalent to injustice .

    1 Nov 2018 2:06 AM IST

    Thanks to one Alpesh Thakor, OBC (Other Backward Class) leader contesting on a Congress ticket, who put a comically different spin on the PMs dietary habits. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Insiders and outsiders: Why migrants are vital

    Anti-migrant sentiments bring public attention back to India's most pressing challenge: jobs.

    18 Oct 2018 1:09 AM IST

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