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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.

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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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The painful partition of India
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Solidarity helps to escape pandemic
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The internet is crucial

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Gender Equality

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Sacrifice instead of careerism: How Gen Z wants to work in the future
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The fate of mothers with disabled children
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Governance

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

Concepts that go beyond ODA
Robbers threaten digital banking costumers
The concept of official development assistance is outdated
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Sustainability

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

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Robbers threaten digital banking costumers
The concept of official development assistance is outdated
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
Ethiopia’s fragile peace