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Aditi Roy Ghatak

Aditi Roy Ghatak

aroyghatak1956@gmail.com

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2020 as a freelance journalist based in Kolkata and Delhi.

All articles of Aditi Roy Ghatak

Green power
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Behind schedule

At current trends, India will not achieve important climate goals

Pandemic
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Scientific mind-set versus covidiots

Religious obscurantism is making it harder to prevent Covid-19

Air pollution
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Blue-sky policy

Our Indian contributor is impressed by Beijing’s efforts to curb air pollution

Right-wing populism
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Modi won – but did India?

In recent elections, India’s incumbent prime minister thrived on divisiveness

Schools
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Indispensable lessons

Why teenage girls need sex education even more than teenage boys do

Rabindranath Tagore
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Poet, polymath, preceptor

Rabindranath’s lasting impact on Bengali society

Handicrafts
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Kantha’s eternal beauty

Why traditional Bengali embroidery is now making a difference in many village women’s lives

Agriculture
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

Information technology
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital forces and ethical challenges

India must prepare for dramatic digital change

Poverty alleviation
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Dana, zakat and charity

India is moving up the ranks of countries measured in the CAF World Giving Index

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Climate impacts compound Pakistan’s pre-existing problems
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How the Modi government is undermining Indian democracy
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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Men must be held accountable

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Health education for communities in Nepal
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How family planning sometimes depends on church or mosque
At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved
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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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The fate of a girl from Zimbabwe
In Malawi, women are still not allowed to fish
How family planning sometimes depends on church or mosque
Adapting to fast-changing German society in the 1960s

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

More must happen
Underpaid and overworked health workers in Nigeria
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Ghana's water supply
Promoting access to safe drinking water for all

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

More must happen
Underpaid and overworked health workers in Nigeria
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ghana's water supply
Promoting access to safe drinking water for all