PhD-ing @TISSpeak. Also, Researching Philanthropy in Healthcare @AshokaCSIP. Ex- @commschols split-site Scholar @EdinburghUni
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10 Jun 2025
When deaths don't even become data!
10 Jun 2025
कुंभ भगदड़: सरकार ने कहा 37 लोगों की मौत, बीबीसी पड़ताल में कम-से-कम 82 मौतों की पुष्टि
हज़ारों किलोमीटर का सफर, 11 राज्य और 50 से अधिक ज़िले. बीबीसी ने अपनी पड़ताल में 100 से अधिक परिवारों से मिलकर जो पड़ताल की, उसके मुताबिक कुंभ भगदड़ में मारे गए लोगों की तादाद उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार की ओर से दिए गए आंकड़े से कहीं अधिक है.
देखिए बीबीसी संवाददाता अभिनव गोयल @abhinavgoel21 की यह ख़ास रिपोर्ट.
शूट और एडिटः देवेश चोपड़ा
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15 Mar 2025
What constitutes ‘urban’ in India? scroll.in/article/1080123/wh…
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22 Jan 2025
Marginalisation by design! insightful read @aravindunni23 @thewire_in
22 Jan 2025
I write for @thewire_in on #RamMandirAnniversary #AyodhyaRamTemple #ayodharammandir on how our cities are changing, and the further marginalization of Muslims in India.
"Hindutva Urbanism": How National Schemes & Events Displace Marginalised Communities thewire.in/communalism/hindu…
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3 Jan 2025
@ShaliniWIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL & I write in today's @htTweets about the potential of "street vendor haats" beyond the formalization & implementation of SV Act 2014. We applaud MoHUA's initiative but stress key principles for inclusive, sustainable cities.
Do read! Share ideas.
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27 Dec 2024
Odia migrant workers in Surat’s textile hub carry with them caste structures that exist in their villages, making it difficult for the most marginalised to find work, a room or even entry into an ‘upper caste’ mess, reports Shreehari Paliath. Read: themigrationstory.com/post/c…
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21 Sep 2024
I am officially PhD! 🎓
This is indeed only a milestone, the journey to make our world just, equitable and inclusive is a long one- But I am at it!
@ManishKJha1908 @aravindunni23 @AjeetPankaj @TISSpeak
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9 Sep 2024
Weakening of public sector at sec. & tert. create private sector monopoly... This is fuelled by PMJAY....!!
Today's Hindu... 👇
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21 Aug 2024
Doctors who hit the streets protesting for their own rights while ignoring larger patient rights and social issues, who oppose reservation, who practice Islamophobia can't expect genuine solidarity.
Get off your ivory towers...protest for everyone's rights.
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21 Aug 2024
'The storied institution has made crucial contributions to social sciences research and policy. Now, faculty say, the government is choking its autonomy.'
Excellent piece by @Johanna_Deeksha @scroll_in
21 Aug 2024
This week's #CommonGround is about TISS and its challenges - with funding and autonomy. This story is largely reflective of the challenges that public funded institutions are facing, especially spaces that are researching & challenging govt narratives.
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13 Aug 2024
I, Sneha Gutgutia, alumnus of TISS Mumbai 2014-16 batch, strongly protest against the unscientific & authoritarian methods being employed by TISS Mumbai administration preventing student animal feeders from feeding campus animals, i.e., 26 dogs and 16 cats @TISSpeak #TISSMumbai
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12 Aug 2024
📣We’re very happy to announce our partnership with @IndiaHealthFund. Watch this space as we bring you exciting #innovations that tackle #ClimateSensitive #InfectiousDiseases in #UrbanIndia!
@ashwinadeshmukh @ArunamAlok @DrVibhorK @Shinoj_3 @palit_sneha @dee_tweested
12 Aug 2024
#NewPartner announcement: Happy to share that we have joined hands with India Health Fund to jointly leverage the power of #DigitalTools and #Diagnostics in tackling #ClimateSensitive #InfectiousDiseases.
@IndiaHealthFund @SamyakIndia
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6 Aug 2024
"The unequal distribution of technology in India puts those in urban-deprived and rural areas, the elderly, and those with physical and cognitive disabilities at an even greater disadvantage."
Insightful piece on the many discontents of technology in health! @sakie339
5 Aug 2024
Against the Grain: Indian Telemedicine and Its Discontents
Sylvia Karpagam [ @sakie339 ] examines how the introduction of telemedicine in India during COVID-19 exacerbated and reinforced caste inequalities.
Read: logicmag.io/issue-21-medicin…
ALT Against the Grain: Indian Telemedicine and Its Discontents by Sylvia Karpagam. Image Illustration: Telemedicine cannot replace a functioning health center. Illustration by Shirom Selvaraj.
![Although the practice [of telemedicine] has expanded over the last few years, it has yet to address concerns related to cybersecurity, including data theft, phishing, and ransomware attacks, as well as digital literacy, among other ethical and legal issues.](https://venexa.site/media/GUOcLb0WAAAIyOi.jpg)
ALT Although the practice [of telemedicine] has expanded over the last few years, it has yet to address concerns related to cybersecurity, including data theft, phishing, and ransomware attacks, as well as digital literacy, among other ethical and legal issues.
ALT Data protection laws do not offer adequate safety, especially in maintaining confidentiality. Digital healthcare might be marketed as a symbol of India’s “progress,” but such self-congratulation ignores inadequacies and fails to address the question of access and protection.
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Say Hi to the #UrbanHealthInitiative 👋🏼👋🏼 @SamyakIndia
6 Aug 2024
📢We are excited to present the #UrbanHealthInitiative, a multi stakeholder collaborative that addresses #urbanhealth issues in India, with a focus on #urbanpoor and marginalized communities. (1/3)🧵
@ashwinadeshmukh @palit_sneha @dee_tweested @DrVibhorK @Shinoj_3
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31 Jul 2024
<Late update> @ShaliniWIEGO & I write for @IndianExpress on #Budget2024 #BudgetForViksitBharat
Budget misses Cities & Climate Crisis: Viksit Bharat is not possible without liveable Indian cities - 1/10
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13 Jul 2024
NGOs have been integral to bridging the gap in critical sectors like education and healthcare in India! By weaponising the FCRA, the government has only been successful in making access to services for the poor increasingly difficult!
12 Jul 2024
A lot has been said about the Modi Government’s crackdown against NGOs.
But for weeks, I tried to find out what the impact of this crackdown on the ground is.
What I found: Job losses, financial distress, school dropouts and crucial amenities like hospitals shutting down.
I investigate for @ContextNewsroom the price that ordinary Indians are paying, for the Modi Government’s witch-hunt against NGOs:
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11 Jul 2024
Affordable, accessible and quality medical care for the poor within the State! 👏👏👏
This is the kind of intent and effort required by many indian states to ensure care for its most vulnerable! Thanks for sharing @Ravijharkhandi
11 Jul 2024
500 कीमोथेरेपी सदर अस्पताल में। सर @HemantSorenJMM, यह इतिहास बना गए आप। आपने हमें उम्मीदें दी हैं। एहसानमंद हैं हम आपके। आपको ढेरों दुआएँ। सिविल सर्जन व @singh_gunjesh को थैंक्यू, जिन्होंने इसकी पहल की। मुफ़्त में अपनी सेवाएँ देने वाले डॉ गुंजेश को सम्मानित भी किया जाना चाहिए।
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24 Jun 2024
The debilitating impact of heat on India's migrants for healthcare. An important piece via @IndianExpress
Sleeping on pavements, inside subway: How patients and their families bear the harsh heat outside AIIMS indianexpress.com/article/ci… via @IndianExpress
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1 May 2024
On May Day, @ShaliniWIEGO & I write for @the_hindu @TheHinduComment - "A decade has passed since the Street Vendors Act came into effect on May 1, 2014, marking a significant milestone. Celebrated as a progressive legislation, the Act now faces numerous challenges." We argue👇🏿🧵
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14 Sep 2023
'No shelter for us
in the bungalows we built.'
A poet writes about his dilemma: to continue with his suffocating existence on the margins of the city he was forced to migrate to - or return to his village where hunger & death await? ruralindiaonline.org/en/arti…
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23 Jul 2023
Congratulations,@AjeetPankaj. Looking forward to this important work on migration and caste.
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