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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)Opinion
    Dev 360: End child marriages to build a real new India'

    Now the Supreme Court has rightly taken away the fig leaf of tradition to conceal a barbaric practice.

    13 Oct 2017 6:57 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing shramdan for the construction of a twin pit toilet, at Village Shahanshahpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    More toilet talk vital for a cleaner India

    Meeting sanitation targets is important but targets alone won't mean much unless the people buy into the messages behind...

    4 Oct 2017 7:16 PM

    Students arrive at Gurugrams Ryan International School which re-opened on Monday after 10 days closure following the murder of an eight-year-old boy inside a toilet of the school. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why not rate schools on how safe they are?

    Bengaluru hit the headlines when a series of child abuse incidents were reported.

    20 Sept 2017 7:44 PM

    Dont normalise preventable catastrophes and disastersOpinion
    Don't normalise' preventable catastrophes and disasters

    Preventable deaths, preventable building collapses, preventable devastation and train derailments are the new normal.

    6 Sept 2017 8:49 PM

    Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a rape case. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Dev 360: Predator-godmen rise due to State's failure

    Would a phenomenon like Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his dera have materialised had the State done its job?

    30 Aug 2017 1:04 PM

    Varnika Kundu accused Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar of stalking her through the streets of Chandigarh. (Photo: Screengrab | Twitter)Opinion
    Educated betis have to show India way ahead

    It's time to turn the spotlight on some critical questions that remain unanswered.

    9 Aug 2017 7:25 PM

    Dr N. Venkataiah, head of the Jyothisha and Vastu department at Telugu University stated that while majority join Astrology courses out of curiosity and to get knowledge about the subject, some others pursue it to make a living out of it. (Representational image)Opinion
    Should Centre promote astrology at all?

    Many argue that since most Indians, including quite a few scientists, believe in astrology, there is nothing wrong in...

    26 July 2017 7:16 PM

    Dev 360: Lets take lead to tackle crisis over global healthOpinion
    Dev 360: Let's take lead to tackle crisis over global health

    Many countries already look to India for low-cost life-saving medicines and frugal innovations.

    12 July 2017 8:34 PM

    Book review: An incisive account of a complex relationshipLifestyle
    Book review: An incisive account of a complex relationship

    The book frames itself as “stories of opportunity and inequality inside our homes”.

    8 July 2017 9:36 PM

    Dev 360: Douse the flames of hate so that India gets savedOpinion
    Dev 360: Douse the flames of hate so that India gets saved

    Junaid's brothers say many of their rail co-passengers called them unpatriotic.

    28 Jun 2017 8:01 PM

    Dev 360: Skill India right, its the key to our futureFeatured
    Dev 360: Skill India right, it's the key to our future

    The skills of the future are premised on a certain level of education and exposure, which the vast majority of India's...

    14 Jun 2017 10:10 PM

    Dev 360: Invest in schools, this can fuel the economyOpinion
    Dev 360: Invest in schools, this can fuel the economy

    It may change the face of Indian politics.

    31 May 2017 10:27 PM

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