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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Remains of the five-feet-tall statue of Lenin which was allegedly demolished by a pay-loader at Belonia in South Tripura district on Monday afternoon and was thrown at the nearby jungle. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chalo Paltai! Smashing statues won't bring jobs

    Some have also said Lenin was a foreigner and therefore not deserving of a statue in this country.

    8 March 2018 12:49 AM IST

    Nirav ModiOpinion
    No one is accountable. And we're all to blame

    Pick any story about a disaster or gross negligence and one thing becomes clear.

    22 Feb 2018 1:34 AM IST

    Union health minister J.P. Nadda releases the lists of BJP candidates for the Punjab and Goa Assembly elections in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Let's talk about health: India's future at stake

    India has been the outlier among major economies so far as healthcare is concerned.

    8 Feb 2018 2:17 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Vikas is there, but not sabka saath'

    More reason to cheer the IMF forecasts that India will grow at a projected 7.8 per cent growth rate in 2019.

    25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

    Educational societies didnt use the land till June 2016.Opinion
    Beyond basics, a gender gap looms

    The deeply worrying news is that at age 18, 32 per cent of females are not enrolled in any institution as compared to 28...

    19 Jan 2018 11:49 PM IST

    The Supreme CourtOpinion
    The miniscule matters: A hopeful start to 2018

    The spirit of what the Supreme Court said this Monday lies in its 2017 ruling on the right to privacy.

    11 Jan 2018 1:43 AM IST

    Christmas treeOpinion
    Alarm bells vs jingle bells

    Three and half years of high-decibel Hindutva has done much for Modi and his party.

    28 Dec 2017 3:29 AM IST

    The video showed a man leading the victim identified as Mohammed Afrazul, to a spot and then attacking him with an axe from behind. (Screengrab from NDTV)Opinion
    It's time to unite India against climate of hate

    Shambhulal has been arrested but the clip, filmed by his 14-year-old nephew and uploaded on the social media, has gone...

    14 Dec 2017 6:17 AM IST

    Sunita Narain, of the Centre for Science and Environment. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)Books
    Fixing the air is everyone's job, says Sunita Narain

    I have had many other American commentators, equally well known, who have come and interviewed me but I have always been...

    8 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

    Hadiya arrives at the Cochin International airport to board a flight to Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
    To empower women, hear what they want

    In the Hadiya case, sections of society have labelled the matter a case of love jihad .

    30 Nov 2017 1:37 AM IST

    The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) made the recommendations in its submission to the top court on strengthening Delhi-NCRs Graded Response Action Plan. 9PhotoOpinion
    Delhi's foul air: Alarm bells for India's health

    Other cities like Beijing, grappling with poisonous air, have put in place time-bound measures to improve the situation.

    16 Nov 2017 12:41 AM IST

    Tourism Minister KJ Alphons visited the Swiss couple when they were in the hospital. (Photo: Alphonstourism | Twitter)Opinion
    What kind of culture' needs such violence?

    Killing someone or hitting someone in the name of defending Indian culture' damages it the most.

    2 Nov 2017 12:31 AM IST

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