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About the AuthorPatralekha Chatterjee
Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Sedition: Tragedy, terror and tamashaOpinion
    Sedition: Tragedy, terror and tamasha

    There is an attempt at “banalising” sedition through frivolous complaints.

    25 Aug 2016 1:53 AM IST

    A twist in cow sutra, amid nationwide rowOpinion
    A twist in cow sutra, amid nationwide row

    So does the Modi government mean what it says, and will its cow commandments work?

    11 Aug 2016 12:40 AM IST

    Dev 360: Diversity our pride, dont let it divideOpinion
    Dev 360: Diversity our pride, don't let it divide

    Taking pride in our composite heritage doesn't mean seeking to erase one set of stories from our collective.

    3 Aug 2016 1:49 AM IST

    Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dev 360: Get education right, rest will follow

    Modern teacher training and far more careful teacher recruitments are really the need of the hour.

    15 July 2016 6:24 AM IST

    A small group of activists belonging to Hindu Sena or Hindu Army, a local organization burn China made goods and posters carrying the photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Targeting of China is not a great idea

    China is a vital piece of the Indian pharma story.

    30 Jun 2016 1:24 AM IST

    Lessons of OrlandoOpinion
    Lessons of Orlando

    The antidote is education, in the widest sense of that word, which teaches tolerance.

    16 Jun 2016 1:11 AM IST

    Is comedy a crime?Opinion
    Is comedy a crime?

    Attacks on the comedian have given it a longer than natural lease of life.

    2 Jun 2016 12:57 AM IST

    A local train moves past burning garbage at a local train station in Mumbai. The World Health Organization on Thursday May 12, 2016 released new information from its Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, that says 98 percent of residents in large cities of low- and middle-income countries are facing excessively high air pollution. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Let's talk dirty

    Delhi's air woes at least get an occasional hearing as it is India's capital and whatever happens here makes news.

    19 May 2016 2:09 AM IST

    Why so serious?Opinion
    Why so serious?

    Indian political humour is yet to find space for something similar to the annual White House correspondents' dinner.

    5 May 2016 1:01 AM IST

    Many Hindu-Muslim marriages have ended in tragedy in the past. (Representational image)Opinion
    Pati, patni aur police

    The course of true love never runs smooth.

    21 April 2016 4:16 AM IST

    The lazy killerOpinion
    The lazy killer

    Diabetes kills more people around the world every year than terrorism.

    7 April 2016 2:16 AM IST

    Dev 360: Vigilantism hurting Indias vikasOpinion
    Dev 360: Vigilantism hurting India's vikas

    Economic growth alone is not an adequate measure of development.

    26 March 2016 12:42 AM IST

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