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

Opinion

Dead or living: Whose report are we seeking?

Many among the minorities, especially Muslims, live in a state of insecurity and fear in the wake of lynchings in the...

10 May 2019 12:04 AM IST

Opinion

A daily dose of venom for a hit' on May 23?

Think Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chowkidar campaign and Congress president Rahul Gandhi's response chowkidar chor...

2 May 2019 1:24 AM IST

Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote at polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip, Ahmedabad; BJP President Amit Shah also present.. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Opinion

Highways, byways tell different stories in UP

Raj Kishore, an elderly farmer, complained bitterly about villagers having to stay awake night after night guarding...

26 April 2019 12:31 AM IST

Opinion

Towards inclusive India: Why social justice is vital

Most people anywhere in the world prefer to live within their comfort zones, and are not interested in exploring the...

18 April 2019 12:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various projects in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: ANI)

Opinion

As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?

The questions swirl around, as 900 million voters across the country get ready to vote in the forthcoming general...

4 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Why India & world should learn from NZ's Ardern

Ardern could have chosen to express shock, horror and stop at condemning the terror attack.

21 March 2019 1:50 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 on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

The missing link in the national security debate

The target was a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terrorist group which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama...

8 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

In The Time of The Others By Nadeem Zaman Pan Macmillan India, 340 pp, Rs 419

Books

Blood-splattered birth of a nation

Zaman tells the small stories that swirl around that big story.

24 Feb 2019 8:00 AM IST

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 12:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers as finance minister Piyush Goyal presents the Interim Budget 2019-20 during the Budget Session at Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

On the jobs front, all is still not well

The government insists that all is well on the jobs front in Mr Modi's New India .

8 Feb 2019 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing BJPs booth-level workers from Lok Sabha constituencies of Kolhapur, Hatkanangle, Madha and Satara in Maharashtra and South Goa through video-conference. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

Opinion

Data wars will intensify as polls near, get ready

At a time of deep agrarian distress, there is also no comprehensive official data on farmer suicides.

31 Jan 2019 12:36 AM IST

Indias egg production will soon touch 100 billion annually from nearly 90 billion per year as the poultry sector is growing rapidly and becoming organised, the government said on Friday.

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 12:02 AM IST