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

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | How to destroy a nation: Intolerance,...

    The normalisation of hate often goes hand-in-hand with normalisation of the -'otherisation-' of the minorities

    8 April 2022 12:48 AM IST

    India has moved down three places to 77th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks at the end of 2019. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Managing future shocks: Way to self-reliant...

    No one really knows what the world will look like in a year or two but at this moment it seems very likely that the war...

    24 March 2022 12:32 AM IST

    Stranded migrant labourers in Chennai, in southeastern India, prepare to board a special train to take them home after the government eased lockdown measures (AFP)Opinion
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Don’t treat the pandemic like yesterday’s...

    We need to also remember that Omicron arrived last year just when the endgame enthusiasm was gathering momentum

    10 March 2022 12:54 AM IST

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