A Prolegomena
By Udeepta Chakravarty, 6/25/2023. The Bihar movement (1974-1975) and the Emergency (1975-1977) have been studied substantially. This period was a turning point in Indian politics [...]
Part Two of Interview with Dr. K. Srinath Reddy: Beyond Microbes and Medicine: Pandemics as Reconfiguring Societies
Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, discusses social media, data, migrant workers, and ecological concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic in the second part of his interview with Manjari Mahajan.
Part One of Interview with K. Srinath Reddy: COVID-19’s Lesson for India: Rebuild Primary Healthcare
Dr. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, discusses how the big takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic should be the critical importance of building broad based and accessible primary health care across geographic and urban-rural divides.
Radio Resistance: Radio as a Tool for Empowerment and Resistance during the COVID-19 Crisis in Brazil
In Brazil, radio has been a powerful tool for access to education and information to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Laura Belik, architecture PhD candidate at the University of California Berkeley.
Interview with Zhiqun Zhu: A Discussion on Vaccine Diplomacy by China and India
India China Institute Co-Director Mark Frazier interviews Foreign Affairs expert Zhiqun Zhu on Vaccine Diplomacy by China and India.
Politics of Expert Advice: Constraining Debate in India’s Management of COVID-19
The Indian public health response to COVID-19 has been sidelining expert advice and scientific debate in favor of a political agenda, writes Dr. Rama Baru, professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
India’s Vaccine Diplomacy
Against the trend of vaccine nationalism, India is emerging as one of the major global suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines, writes Dr Biswajit Dhar, professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Return to Tapi and the Megha Cooperative
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Above: Scenes from a wattle and daub house in Tapi district, Gujarat. I'd like to return now to the story of [...]
SEWA: An Overview
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Over the course of 7 weeks in the Summer of 2019 I took over 20,000 photos in service to SEWA. But [...]