Chandrima Banerjee
Why Indians glorify overwork, even when people die
The death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, just four months into her first job, is believed to have been caused by overwork. By the last count, 2 lakh Indians lost their lives to overwork in a year. Why is India still sold on the ‘hustle’?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Sri Lanka is not voting for a new president. It's voting for...
It is voting on the economy. Sri Lankans will choose a new president in the first election since massive protests that overthrew the last president two years ago. The economic meltdown was the rallying cause then, and economic recovery is the single biggest concern now
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How Hasina shaped the treaty that Bangladesh wants to use against her
As with any diplomatic agreement, the extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh had taken over a decade to be finalised and signed. And it might not even have come together without Hasina
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
In southern states, two kids are too few
One of the first states to implement a two-child policy, Andhra Pradesh, is not only revoking the norm but also actively asking its people to produce more children. After decades of success in stabilising population growth, why are southern states hurrying to reverse their progress?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
If every meat eater in India was targeted...
India is one of the world’s largest buffalo meat exporters. If cow protection groups keep attacking people — whether they do or do not even have anything to do with beef — a long-growing industry which makes India $9mn a day in exports could collapse
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why Himanta is wrong - Muslims are not ‘taking over’ Assam
After a series of escalations following a gang rape, Assam’s CM said the state will be overrun by Bengali-speaking Muslims. How did he arrive at this?
- Chandrima Banerjee
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Why the missing went ‘missing’ from records in Bangladesh
For years, rights bodies have alleged that hundreds of people were abducted by the State and detained in secret prisons. The interim government now says it will investigate every single case. What do we know about these allegations?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why BJP’s ‘Muslim reservation’ scare didn’t, and can’t, work
In rally after rally, the BJP invoked one talking point over and over — that the Congress and its allies would cut into reservations meant for SC, ST and OBC communities with a quota for Muslims. But it missed an important point
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Are female voters really driving India’s elections?
More women are turning up to vote than ever before — but they are not a voting bloc yet
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
PM panel says Muslims are thriving. Math says that’s not true
Muslim population is not rising the fastest, Hindu population growth is not the slowest — this is what an analysis of the dataset used by the advisory panel to the PM shows
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
TCS CEO says AI could kill India's call centres soon. Is he right?
According to TCS CEO K Krithivasan, AI could result in “minimal” need for call centres in about a year. If Krithivasan’s prediction were to come true, it would mean a lot of change for a lot of people in very little time.
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
What if WhatsApp does leave India?
The messaging platform has told the Delhi HC it will leave India if it is forced to break encryption. But unlike the exit of the biggest VPN providers in 2022 — also because of privacy worries — this threat has more visible stakes
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
The economics of a good night’s sleep
Do you sleep like a 20-year-old in France or a 65-year-old in Canada? And how does that affect things beyond your health?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
RBI report shows why BJP might stop talking about ‘freebies’
RBI’s latest report on state budgets shows BJP-governed states increased subsidies just as much as other states. What does BJP actually think about subsidies?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How an eye-in-the-night-sky reveals Ayodhya’s explosive growth
Night lights and satellite images of urban expansion tell us the other story of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
More women turn up to vote than men. Then what?
Women’s turnout in elections has been growing and surpassing that of men. Why are they not a larger political force then?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
What would Darshan Hiranandani gain from Adani’s slander?
The successor of the storied Hiranandani Group says he ‘supported’ Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra in her ‘attacks’ on the Adani Group. What is the business at stake?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How Congress became a poor party of rich people
As party financing gets tougher, Congress is planning a crowdfunding platform which will also accept small donations. Its leaders are not hard up and, on paper, neither is the party. What is the crisis then?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Explained: How does Gaza, forever-at-war, make money?
Palestine is crumbling. But what did it run on all this while?
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM