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Aditi Roy Ghatak

Aditi Roy Ghatak

aroyghatak1956@gmail.com

is a free-lance journalist based in Kolkata and Delhi.

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Urban live
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

On the top of the world

Innovative roof-top gardening in Kolkata

Gender
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

More needs to happen

India's public outrage over sexualised violence that goes unpunished

Prostitution
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Kolkata’s united sex workers

Nowadays: Kolkata's sex workers won't be hushed up anymore

Charity
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The goal is to feed five million children by 2020

Nowadays: Aditi Roy Ghatak reports how a faith-based organisation provides mid-day meals to Indian school children

Crisis areas
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

State of conflict

Some regions in India face the same problems resource-rich fragile states have

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Family planning is a woman’s right
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast

Poverty Reduction

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

Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts

Gender Equality

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

Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy

Governance

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

The double message of Diomaye’s election victory in Senegal
Why the unconvincing BRICS+ alliance looks so formidable
Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
Why more BRICS members are not necessarily better

Sustainability

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

The double message of Diomaye’s election victory in Senegal
Why the unconvincing BRICS+ alliance looks so formidable
Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
Why more BRICS members are not necessarily better