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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI file Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Politics of nostalgia hides the problems of the day

Central to the BJP’s ideology is the juxtaposition of a glorious Hindu golden age followed by an era of Muslim oppression

17 Dec 2021 11:59 PM

From a public health perspective, it is crystal clear that inoculating people in the developing world must be a top priority. (Representational Image. AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Greek alphabet is still roiling our lives

Omicron is the fifth such VOC, and the first since the Delta (B.1.617) variant which ravaged so many countries

02 Dec 2021 2:49 AM

Culinary politics and battles over what one can eat, what one can’t and where are likely to continue in the coming months as Assembly elections in various states draw closer. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Veg or non-veg? In India’s food wars, free choice vital

The town planning committee of the AMC has just decided to make the city’s public spaces free of street carts selling non-vegetarian food

18 Nov 2021 2:09 AM

We celebrate primarily because it gives us joy, because it helps us connect and share precious moments with those we love. (AA Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Diwali isn’t just crackers… It’s lights, warmth and joy

Victory of good over evil can’t be reduced to just bursting firecrackers

04 Nov 2021 12:55 AM

The latest Global Hunger Index doesn’t tell us anything that is really new. (AP file photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why is India so prickly as it faces global gaze?

In the latest UN Human Development Index, India is placed 131 out of 189 countries

23 Oct 2021 1:27 AM

Patralekha Chatterjee | ‘Tit for tat’ is an attack on rule of law & democracy

Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy

07 Oct 2021 1:10 AM

The bill, as it stands now, states that “if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event”.

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil society quiet?

Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages

23 Sep 2021 11:40 PM

Many elderly people have withdrawn into a bubble after long stretches of complete social isolation, says Ms Vaid. Representational Image. (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Loneliness is the hidden pandemic in Covid times

Because loneliness is not a disease, it is not a priority for the policy folks

09 Sep 2021 2:17 AM

Among teachers of children with disabilities in their regular classes, more than nine per cent found them unable to participate in online classes, notes the study. (AFP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Reopen schools, but keep ground realities in mind

Online education has certainly helped many children but the pandemic has also exposed the glaring fault lines in our Digital India narrative

26 Aug 2021 1:55 AM

The future looks even more turbulent — more heatwaves worsened by higher humidity, erratic rainfall, more droughts, floods and forest fires. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Health a key priority in battling climate change

India, home to millions of the world’s poorest, should be worried and better prepared

12 Aug 2021 3:51 AM

If a state wishes to stabilise its population, it could start with focusing its political energy on improving female literacy and other. Representational Image (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Stabilising population by coercion can never work

There has been a continuous fertility decline among most states in India over the years

15 Jul 2021 9:08 AM

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder

The unpaid childcare burden per woman in India in a “normal” year is estimated to be 2,380 hours

02 Jul 2021 12:17 AM

The pandemic is indeed making many countries finally acknowledge that they have been undercounting Covid-19 deaths. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid-19 accountability: Making the dead count

The states which are embracing greater data transparency deserve to be cheered even if by doing so, they push up India’s Covid death count

17 Jun 2021 6:49 AM

Women and children line up to receive free meals from a non-government organization during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Bengaluru, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Protect vulnerable to heal fractures, revive economy

In the absence of a real social protection mechanism in the cities, people have gone back to their villages

03 Jun 2021 7:05 AM

People perform Suryanamaskar after applying cow dung on their body during cow dung therapy, believing it will boost immunity to fight against the coronavirus disease. (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The rise of anti-science as Covid-19 cases exploding

Experts have noted that the rise of populism and the emergence of anti-science politics are occurring simultaneously in many places

22 May 2021 1:30 AM

A patient struggles to breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) under a tent installed along a roadside amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on May 4, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Inequity & privilege in the time of a pandemic

Even in these traumatic times, those of us who can work from home, for instance, are massively better positioned than others

06 May 2021 12:00 AM

India now has the world’s fastest-growing Covid-19 caseload, adding more than 250,000 new infections every day for the past week or so. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Lessons not learnt after a year of battling Covid

Once again, we are locked down. And migrant workers are leaving out of fear of being abandoned. How did we get here?

22 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Even as government health advisories tell ordinary people to observe social distancing, avoid big crowds and wear masks at all times, there is ample evidence of many politicians on the campaign trail doing just the opposite. (Representational Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As Covid-19 spikes, the season of fear is back…

We got here because of complacency, by ignoring early alerts by health experts

08 Apr 2021 4:21 AM

Until a state of herd immunity is reached, mask-wearing, hand washing with soap and social distancing will have to necessarily remain. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Halt Covid complacency: Be vigilant, keep all safe

If we become complacent, and drop our guard, infections can rise. That affects us all

25 Mar 2021 4:17 AM

About 400 million Indians have no access to the Internet. Far fewer women have access to cellphones and Internet services. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | All must get vaccine: Say no to class, digital divide

The euphoria about getting the jab seems to be confined so far to the better-off sections of society

12 Mar 2021 12:13 AM

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