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A health worker wearing PPE kit collects sample from a girl for COVID-19 test, at a Childrens Home in New Delhi, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Get priorities straight in time of a pandemic

Amid the deaths, disease, debt and despair, guess what some state governments in India are concerned about?

22 Nov 2020 12:00 AM IST

India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

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

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

23 Oct 2021 1:27 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tit for tat' is an attack on rule of law &...

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

7 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

Lucknow: A truck driver prepares his meal on a roadside at Lucknow - Agra expressway during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of deadly coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow. PTI photo

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame...

India's officialdom rubbished the findings and called the GHI 2021 assessment of India as shocking

21 Oct 2022 12:53 AM IST

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Where does India figure in a very uncertain...

India is better prepared even if the coronavirus knocks again as a new variant.

30 Dec 2022 1:19 AM IST

A Palestinian stands outside the building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | It's time to rehumanise', to shun hate, cease...

We urgently need rehumanising narratives to counter the dehumanising narratives swirling around inside the country and...

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indias general election, the worlds largest, is likely to be held sometime in the first half of 2024. (Image by Freepik - pikusuperstar)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Several questions as we look back at 2023,...

Looking ahead necessarily means factoring in the country's contradictions and working much harder on the problem areas

28 Dec 2023 11:33 PM IST

All children in primary schools need personalised guidance from their teachers. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dip in basic skills a worry for India...

A critical challenge in boosting children's foundational skills will be state capacity.

21 Jan 2023 12:53 AM IST

Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments of population in the country. (Photo: Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Fix today's problems first, stop dwelling on...

This is India's moment to seize opportunities and deftly navigate crises along the way, and beyond its G-20 presidency.

3 March 2023 12:44 AM IST

Rescue operation underway after a car got stuck in a waterlogged underpass following heavy rain, in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Bengaluru drowning should be a wake-up...

The city lacks a functional system to drain out the water when the water level reaches a certain level following heavy...

26 May 2023 12:11 AM IST

A census worker gathers data at a village in Lalgarh, 130 kms west of Kolkata. ( AFP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Delay over Census hurting the way India is...

The last one was held in 2011.

13 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Developed India' Story: Conversations we...

India remains a poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite where the top 10% holds 57% of the total...

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST