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Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be hurt

In this season of celebrations, can anyone be denied their right to celebrate? Such is the continued frenzy over inter-faith marriages in India that “safe houses” or shelters are becoming critical. Such legal provisions exist to protect the rights of inter-faith couples to marry, but on the ground, wedding processions in India can be disrupted due to a mix of …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate debate

Deccan Chronicle

The idea of defining a woman primarily as a mother, duty bound to uphold the interests of the nation, is not new. India stands out because it is the world’s most populous country with a largely youthful population, where many states are simultaneously witnessing a steady decline in fertility, though at a varying rate, and a spike in the number …

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1 month ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams

Deccan Chronicle

India aspires to become a $5 trillion economy, the third largest in the world, in the next five years. According to estimates by the World Health Organisation, in 2019, some 68 per cent of outdoor air pollution related premature deaths were due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke, 14 per cent were due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14 per …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Venom or Viksit Bharat: The choice is quite clear

Deccan Chronicle

How do we get to “Viksit Bharat” without dealing with the clashing images of “vikas” and venom? In another ghoulish and widely reported case, 22-year-old Sabir Malik, a Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal, was beaten to death by self-proclaimed cow protectors in Charkhi Dadri district of poll-bound Haryana because they suspected him of consuming beef. It is vicious prejudice …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ayushmann Khurrana, Tahira Kashyap Walk Barefoot To Seek Blessings At Lalbaugcha Raja; Watch Viral Video

News 18

Ayushmann Khurrana and his wife Tahira Kashyap were spotted walking barefoot to seek the blessing of lord Ganesha at Lalbaugcha Raja. In the video, shared by Instant Bollywood, we can see Ayushmann Khurrana wearing traditional wear and walking with his wife. The script tick marks all the boxes of a commercial film as it has scale, thrill, and action with …

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8 months ago

Farah Khan hosts Aditi Rao Hydari, Siddharth, Rajkummar Rao and a bunch of celebs at home for a jam session. Watch

Hindustan Times

Farah Khan's 2004 directorial debut Main Hoon Na is all set to complete 20 years since its release this month. Farah Khan hosted Aditi Rao Hydari, Siddharth and a bunch of other celebrities at her home What happened at Farah's place? Those present included the recently engaged actor-couple Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth, Rajkummar Rao and Patralekha, Dipika Kakar and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Unpacking cultural pride in election-bound India

Deccan Chronicle

You do not have to say “I love you” to express love. It is the same with cultural pride -- you do not have to wrap yourself in a “proud Indian” tag to take pride in India, its culture. “Cultural pride” is a persistent theme in the poll discourse, and in the social media, as the country jostles with contesting …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why isn’t rising inequality turning into a poll issue?

Deccan Chronicle

The view from the penthouse and the pavement is staggeringly different. By 2022-23, the top one per cent income and wealth shares are at their highest historical levels; India’s top one per cent income share is among the very highest in the world, higher than even South Africa, Brazil, and the United States, notes the paper, titled “Income and Wealth …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | All that glitters isn't growth, well-being for most Indians

Deccan Chronicle

Millions of Indians -- the aspiring and the perspiring -- will soon be voting in what could turn out to be one of India’s most consequential general elections. The unemployment rate in India increased to eight per cent in February 2024 from 6.8 per cent in January 2024, according to the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy, an independent think …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma to lead Anubhav Sinha’s ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’; first look pictures out

The Hindu

Netflix India has unveiled the cast and first look of IC814: The Kandahar Hijack, a drama thriller based on the famous hijacking of an Indian Airlines airbus carrying about 180 passengers in the final days of 1999. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Verma, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, Arvind Swamy and Patralekha among others. A plot description from the streamer reads, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Acute poverty falls in India, but not extreme inequality

Deccan Chronicle

Everyone loves a survey, especially in a paradox-ridden country. The “good news” emanating from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey, conducted during August 2022 to July 2023, and flagged by government spokespersons, is about a dramatic reduction in poverty, about per capita monthly household spending more than doubling in 2022-23 compared to 2011-12, about Indians who are eating better and have …

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10 months ago

‘You Complete Me’: Rajkumar Rao's Sweet Birthday Wish For Wife Patralekhaa

News 18

Actor Rajkummar Rao delighted fans by sharing a heartfelt Instagram post for his wife Patralekha on her 34th birthday. Rajkumar Rao shared a series of photos, including a romantic postcard capturing a moment from their Iceland trip, a cozy couple selfie, and a breathtaking shot of Patralekhaa against the backdrop of the Northern Lights. Patralekhaa, you’re so lucky!” while another …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | India@2024: A portrait of power and fragility

Deccan Chronicle

At a time when the ruling BJP spares no effort in telling us why Bharat matters, heavy security has been deployed to stop thousands of farmers of the same Bharat from entering the nation’s capital to renew their demands for assured crop prices. Sauntering around Delhi’s Lodhi Estate earlier this week, past the India International Centre, where Delhi’s well-connected gather, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Dussehra 2023: Katrina Kaif, Yash, Radhika look splendid in traditional attires, Allu Arjun worships film equipment

Hindustan Times

Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif shared pictures of her in a red sari with floral embroidery and polka dot net sleeves. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, who has collaborated with Katrina in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, commented, “Lovely.” Shweta Bachchan wrote a comment that said “Beautiful.” Katrina will be next seen in Tiger 3 and Merry Christmas. Radhika wrote in the caption, “Write …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | As migrants in war zones return, do more to help

Deccan Chronicle

T. Ramesh was travelling in a local train in Tamil Nadu when I called late evening last Saturday. Lost in the blizzard of news about Palestinian militant group Hamas’ savage attack on Israel on October 7, its slaughter of civilians, and Israel’s counter-airstrikes and blockade of Gaza, home to two million Palestinians, nearly half of them children, are poignant stories …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Bring jobs back to the top of India's political agenda

Deccan Chronicle

In April 2022, while walking around Lal Gumbad Basti, a low-income neighbourhood, just beside tony, tree-lined Panchsheel Park in South Delhi, I met Angoori Devi, a 70-year-old widow. According to the RBI, as a percentage of the gross domestic product, households’ financial liabilities shot up to 5.8 per cent in 2022-23, up from 3.8 per cent in the previous year. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Many challenges for India as voice of Global South'

Deccan Chronicle

As India positions itself as a key, if not the champion of the “Global South", a question comes to mind. Despite all the buzz around it, the term “Global South” does not figure explicitly in the G-20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration released last week. “Can India Challenge China for Leadership of the ‘Global South’?”, asked the New York Times recently. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Confronting bigotry and violence in the classroom

Deccan Chronicle

Every Indian has every reason to celebrate the spectacularly successful mission of Chandrayaan-3. Many teachers see nothing wrong in using violence to teach a lesson to a child, though corporal punishment and mental harassment are strictly prohibited by law. But in practice, corporal punishment -- the use of violence to “teach” a child a lesson -- continues in many parts …

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1 year, 5 months ago

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

Deccan Chronicle

We are past the halfway mark in 2023. Ramesh, a physician, and a former national and international civil servant, puts it: “The population census is an important apolitical, anonymous, value-neutral data management exercise.” It is a large-scale population survey, down to the village level, and gathers detailed information about the population, demographics, and socio-economic characteristics of the country. “Contemporary census …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's secret sauce and how it can be even better

Deccan Chronicle

How does India look from outside? “Fees are also very reasonable -- about 30 per cent of those charged by international schools in Thailand and infinitely cheaper than the West -- and India is thus attracting an increasingly high number of Thai students, all of them eager to improve their English-language skills while remaining in easy travel distance from home,” …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | While modernising infra, let's focus on upkeep too

Deccan Chronicle

Modernisation is not a bad word. We also know that the Kavach Train Collision Avoidance System has been deployed only on 1,455 km of railway tracks, or about 2.13 per cent of India’s 68,000-km railway network. But as ordinary citizens who have a vital stake in safe travel, we must continue asking questions about the overall safety management system even …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shutting down Internet: Govts need to do rethink

Deccan Chronicle

Governments across the world are increasingly resorting to Internet shutdowns to stabilise potentially volatile situations, quell protests, and even to deal with problems like cheating in examinations. According to digital rights group Top10VPN, which researches the economic impacts of Internet shutdowns, in 2023 alone, 46 Internet shutdowns in 10 countries cost $761 million till date. In the Northeast itself, the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Patralekhaa on challenges while portraying Savitribai Phule: There’s no footage of her to understand her demeanour

Hindustan Times

Actor Patralekhaa is soon has already begun filing for her next, where she portrays the role of legendary Savitribai Phule. We did not know what her demeanour was like,” says Patralekhaa adding, “It’s just her poetry and what she has left behind that we had for understanding. And I believe that’s better than any material.” The Ananth Narayan Mahadevan’s directorial …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | As India gets hotter, it's time to act 'hyper-local'

Deccan Chronicle

The heat is on. A 2019 report by the International Labour Organisation titled Working on a Warmer Planet — The Impact of Heat Stress on Labour Productivity and Decent Work noted that in South Asia, “the country most affected by heat stress is India, which lost 4.3 per cent of working hours in 1995 and is projected to lose 5.8 …

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be hurt

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate debate

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams

Patralekha Chatterjee | Venom or Viksit Bharat: The choice is quite clear

Ayushmann Khurrana, Tahira Kashyap Walk Barefoot To Seek Blessings At Lalbaugcha Raja; Watch Viral Video

Farah Khan hosts Aditi Rao Hydari, Siddharth, Rajkummar Rao and a bunch of celebs at home for a jam session. Watch

Patralekha Chatterjee | Unpacking cultural pride in election-bound India

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why isn’t rising inequality turning into a poll issue?

Patralekha Chatterjee | All that glitters isn't growth, well-being for most Indians

Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma to lead Anubhav Sinha’s ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’; first look pictures out

Patralekha Chatterjee | Acute poverty falls in India, but not extreme inequality

‘You Complete Me’: Rajkumar Rao's Sweet Birthday Wish For Wife Patralekhaa

Patralekha Chatterjee | India@2024: A portrait of power and fragility

Dussehra 2023: Katrina Kaif, Yash, Radhika look splendid in traditional attires, Allu Arjun worships film equipment

Patralekha Chatterjee | As migrants in war zones return, do more to help

Patralekha Chatterjee | Bring jobs back to the top of India's political agenda

Patralekha Chatterjee | Many challenges for India as voice of Global South'

Patralekha Chatterjee | Confronting bigotry and violence in the classroom

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

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's secret sauce and how it can be even better

Patralekha Chatterjee | While modernising infra, let's focus on upkeep too

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shutting down Internet: Govts need to do rethink

Patralekhaa on challenges while portraying Savitribai Phule: There’s no footage of her to understand her demeanour

Patralekha Chatterjee | As India gets hotter, it's time to act 'hyper-local'