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Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk

Writer, translator, culture columnist, public diplomacy practitioner

Joined April 2010
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Sumedha Raikar@medhatalk
5 Jan 2025
In the new volume Women’s Empowerment in India: From Rights to Agency, co-edited by Dr Anjoo Upadhyaya—a scholar who lives in Banaras, Oslo, and Pune—you’ll explore India’s women's movement. mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…

Protest to policy: How women drive change

A portrait of Indian women’s activism—from the fierce 1970s anti-rape protests in Mumbai to the digital shakti of #MeToo

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A State At The Table: The Taste of Maharashtra I share my just-released free verse on select flavors of Maharashtra store.bookleafpub.com/produc… A State At The Table uses food as an entry into Maharashtra’s regions, moods, and textures

A State At The Table

A State At The Table uses food as an entry into Maharashtra’s regions, moods, and textures. These poems invite the reader to sit at the table—one bite, one mood, one roadside tale at a time. Each...

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Excited to kick off my first visit to Mumbai with a visit to our Consulate! Our dedicated team in @USAndMumbai are working hard to bolster the U.S.-India partnership. 🇺🇸🇮🇳
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The story of urban canteens is on your plate! My Sunday Midday column today as I explore Food For All, a book mapping how urban canteens across India have provided survival and dignity. 🍲 Discover how these canteens are transforming lives! 🥘📖@sundaymidday @Gummadi645
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In my Midday column today, I delve into Girl, a collection of poems by @ruthpadel. Through stories of resilience and reinvention, Girl redefines forces that shape girlhood @sundaymidday mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…

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In my Mid Day column today, I write about Dr Meenu Anand’s new mental health resource book that pushes psychiatry to work alongside grassroots testimonies and lived experiences. @sundaymidday @VibhutiJPatel
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In my  Mid Day column today, I write about five army doctors whose second quiz book stands at a beautiful intersection mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…

The Return of The Medic Quizzers

Five army doctors reunite to create the second edition of their quiz book, celebrating the Indian Armed Forces

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How many social workers can reflect on five decades of work with the fulfillment that Dr. Prakash Amte experiences! In @sundaymidday column, I write about his new book, where he shares the joy of passing the baton to the next generation in Gadchiroli
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My Midday column delves into the world of a poor tailor, captured by a tailor in his Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel Usvan. The slice of life from Marathwada depicts the post-pandemic resource crunch of rural Maharashtra @sundaymidday mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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SWaCH Cooperative@swachcoop
7 Jul 2024
Thank you @medhatalk. It feels special to read the meanings and nuances of our stories in your column @sundaymidday Click to read mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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7 Jul 2024
Writer's response @medhatalk, you've bound intricate pieces of waste picker stories nicely. -Joe Lobo The article in @sundaymidday captures the essence of waste pickers' stories from the book that we co-created with 20 trailblazing waste pickers of Pune. -Poornima Chikarmane
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See the solo face of courage in my Midday Column @sundaymidday mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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As we vote, we celebrate a democratic right and a responsibility.  In my Midday column, I recall the speeches of the Father of the Constitution in which he urges for social unity and reform that he saw as essential in any democracy, mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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My Midday column on the strategic locations in the Mumbai metropolitan region that the book Gateways to the Sea brings alive. Places we cannot not know! @sundaymidday @DPD_India @MaritimeMMS mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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Dr Ganesh Devy hops between Mumbai and Dharwad to raise a Centre for Civilisation! My Midday column dwells on the social scientist's consistent institution-building for studying cultures and languages @sundaymidday mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…

Devy in the details

Celebrated linguist Dr Ganesh Devy is carving a Centre for Civilisation Studies in Mumbai—the latest in the series of institutions he has built, block by block

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Fools abound in private and public spheres from time immemorial. My Midday column quotes various saint-poets of Maharashtra who aptly define fools who can be dangerous to society! mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…
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My Midday column on the lipstick turning into a metaphor in Roshan Chhabria's latest solo Lipstick Stories @sundaymidday @sakshigallery @GeethaMehra @neerjadeodhar @Themsubaroda
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My Midday column on the latest documentary on Mendha Lekha's representative and participatory democracy, which predates the three-tier Panchayat Raj adopted all over India.  Mendha Lekha never ceases to be an enthusing story @v_virendra @sundaymidday mid-day.com/news/opinion/art…

It takes a village

A new documentary revisits Maharashtra’s Mendha Lekha village, which continues to offer lessons in self-rule, participatory democracy and forest conservation

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