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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Director grade scientist at National Institute of Nutrition Dr A. Lakshmaiah said the unfavourable parameters were not due to backwardness or poverty, but due to nutrition illiteracy. He said major portions of most meals were rice and there was a lack of dietary diversity. Representational Image/DCOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame...

    Is the world conspiring to make India look bad or are we too sensitive about the global gaze? In October last year, I...

    21 Oct 2022 12:12 AM IST

    Devotees perform rituals before immersing an idol of Goddess Durga in the Yamuna river on the last day of Durga Puja festival celebrations, near Taj Mahal in Agra, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Festivals need to celebrate inclusion, not...

    Festivals matter no matter who you are, where you are and whether you are a believer or non-believer. They matter NOW...

    7 Oct 2022 12:01 AM IST

    A boy pushes a table in a flooded locality of Bellandur after heavy monsoon rains, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | India’s sinking story: Can we reimagine our...

    Billionaires in boats. Techies in tractors. India’s Silicon Valley sinking. The dramatic visuals and headlines...

    9 Sept 2022 12:02 AM IST

    One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for ‘developed’...

    “Development”, like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges. No surprise...

    26 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

    An artist paints a mural based on Covid-19 coronavirus safety protocols on the walls of an underpass during an ongoing weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Do our recent health crises offer teachable...

    It is a global warning. The cosy thought that “it-can’t-happen-here” is past its expiry date. It can,...

    30 July 2022 12:22 AM IST

    An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

    What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

    14 July 2022 10:24 PM IST

    People pay their respects to slain Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men for supporting a former spokeswoman of the railing Bharatiya Janta Party for her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, in Udaipur on June 30, 2022. (AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | It’s time to reclaim our minds, dial down...

    The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society

    1 July 2022 12:03 AM IST

    FILE- Authorities demolish the residence of activist Javed Ahmad they say has been constructed illegally in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | A breakdown of governance? We need healing,...

    A bulldozer is not an accessory of good governance. And stone pelting is not the way to progress

    17 Jun 2022 11:20 PM IST

    Some people are misled by hospitals that natural births lead to complications for the child, while some do not want to suffer the physical pain of a natural birth, the official said. PexelsOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | India’s infant mortality rate isn’t a...

    The latest data from the Registrar-General of India shows that India’s infant mortality rate is 28 (28 infant deaths...

    10 Jun 2022 2:38 AM IST

    Villagers wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Hojai district of Indias Assam state on May 19, 2022. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate crisis to be India’s biggest threat...

    One reason wheat prices have shot up has to do with the intense heatwave that struck parts of India from March

    20 May 2022 12:17 AM IST

    The analysis is a much-needed reminder that air pollution is a public health crisis that is not confined to cities only in Northern India. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Rising stress of heat: Act now, before it gets...

    Cities and states are developing heat action plans, but the focus must remain on the most vulnerable

    6 May 2022 12:09 AM IST

    Agricultural Market Committees were suffering huge losses after the central government abolished collection of cess on purchase and sale of agricultural and livestock produce under the new agricultural laws. Representational imageIOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | It’s time to talk about food and impact of...

    When food costs more, many people have no choice but to eat less or eat cheaper, lower quality food

    21 April 2022 11:16 PM IST

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