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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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Promoting change
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

From individual charity to impact-investing

Philanthropy must help drive sustainable development in India

Labour relations
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Nightmarish conditions

Workers in India’s informal sector use rather simple technology, so productivity is low

Decent work
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Misleading dichotomy

India’s informal sector is the backbone of the economy

Identity politics
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Lip service to the SDGs

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi insists that his government is setting an example of good governance, but not everyone agrees

Economic policy
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Bypassing the poor

“Make in India” is unlikely to boost the country’s suffering economy

Identity politics
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Failing India’s democracy

India’s dominant party is redefining “nationalism” in an undemocratic and authoritarian way

Indian multinational
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Global leadership

Tata group excels in car making, steel production, IT services and other things

Global leader
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The ethical route to bottom-line excellence

India’s Tata group introduced some labour norms before the so-called advanced world did

Repression of NGOs
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

New Indian authoritarianism

Despite their benefit for Indian society, the government restricts the space of international NGOs

Urban live
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

On the top of the world

Innovative roof-top gardening in Kolkata

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