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Nov 7, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Partha P. Majumder
Will tomorrow be what we would like it to be after the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) rape-murder? After all, it took this gruesome crime to remind us of our duty to protest against what we should not see happening in society. The health care system in West Bengal (and possibly in many other states) is steeped in corruption. Immoral and unethical practices of a few bring in money from various sources, a portion of which is shared with members of the party in power.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Partha P. Majumder
The masses are not rehearsing for an uprising; they are already in one. The spontaneity, volume, and expanse of participation visible this time have not been witnessed in many years. They are demanding justice. The sad incident of rape and murder of a doctor on duty in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, on the night of August 9 triggered this uprising. The incident has convulsed the entire nation. India’s head is bowed in shame.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Syed Siraj |Partha P. Majumder |Ayesha Minhaz |Divya Gandhi
A small market had sprung up where the asphalt highway turned to the left. The village stood behind it, hidden from view by a dense bamboo grove. The village had no electricity, but the market did. There were three tea-shops, two for sweetmeats, three for garments, one stationery store and two groceries. There was a godown, too, and a husking machine, besides a brick kiln at the back. People came from nearby villages.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Partha P. Majumder |Prathyush Parasuraman |Anusua Mukherjee |C.P. Chandrasekhar
In the US, more than 13,000 recipients of COVID-19 vaccines have filed injury claims with the federal government. In India, Venugopalan Govindan’s daughter Karunya died in July 2021 after taking the Covishield vaccine that was co-developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. He is contemplating moving the courts even though the national committee set up by the Indian government did not find sufficient evidence to conclude that her death was caused by the vaccine.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | C.P. Chandrasekhar |Syed Siraj |Partha P. Majumder |Ayesha Minhaz
In the search for the next country that will transit from backward to advanced status, India’s name sometimes features. This is partly because the idea has been mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who promises to make India a “developed nation” by 2047.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Saba Naqvi |Nagraj Adve |R. Ramachandran |Partha P. Majumder
There is some hope among lawyers and members of the AAP that their party’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may get bail in the foreseeable future in the cases activated by different agencies, as could his right hand, the former Deputy Chief Minister of the city State, Manish Sisodia. This is based on the expectation that the judiciary might show greater independence after the pincer of single party autocracy was loosened by the June 4 mandate.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Prathyush Parasuraman |Anusua Mukherjee |Partha P. Majumder |C.P. Chandrasekhar
As kids, a friend and I were stretching time by browsing at a stationery shop, testing the grip of the latest Inoxcrom, when I asked her how rich she wanted to be when she grows up. A dirty question. We were in Dubai, where the heat would build so intensely that the only place to go was malls, those cauldrons of unfulfilled desire, cool and as aspirational as impossible. She shrugged and said: rich enough to not think twice about which pen she could buy.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Anusua Mukherjee |Syed Siraj |Partha P. Majumder |Ayesha Minhaz
“Stay curious!” is the tagline that comes at the end of all posts by Paperclip, a digital media house dedicated to storytelling run by a team of seven operating out of multiple locations, from Chicago to Kolkata. The description on its website reads: “Through captivating storytelling, Paperclip aims to inform, engage and empower an inspired audience and deepen their awareness of India’s diverse social, cultural and democratic fabric.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
telegraphindia.com | Partha P. Majumder
Conscience is likely partially inherited, but mostly developed during one’s life course. A prerequisite to developing a scientific conscience is to develop a scientific attitude and make science a habit Partha P. Majumder Published 14.03.24, 06:27 AM Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. File Photo The film, Oppenheimer, created a considerable flutter duringthe 81st Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
telegraphindia.com | Partha P. Majumder
About 20 years ago, I attended an international conference on cancer in Mumbai. A clinician described a set of patients who came to his clinic with early stages of oral cancer. During follow-up, he found that in some patients their cancer grew rapidly and spread while in other patients there was minimal growth and no spread. A discussion followed and the consensus was to understand the cellular composition of the cancer in each patient and investigate differences in their compositions.
