ASHA workers can play a Significant Role in managing Non-communicable Diseases

India is a country where quality health care remains a privilege of the rich and influential. But a silent army of women, clad in pink sarees, ...

Can India's Groundwater crisis be cured with the help of Technology?

Groundwater in India is a critical resource. However, an increasing number of aquifers are reaching unsustainab...

The Effectiveness of Life-saving Vaccines

One hundred years ago, infectious diseases were the main cause of death worldwide, even in the most developed c...

Did Critics go easy on the Phantom Thread?

Phantom Thread, the lush gothic romance from auteur Paul Thomas Anderson was the art-house f...

LifeStraw to provide Clean Water to Kenyan Kids

According to a joint report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, across the world, 844 million people l...

Pursuit of Happiness

Money can't buy love, compatibility or happiness, as a young woman in Makrand Deshpande's play, Sir Sir Sarla discovers for herself.

The professor she admires and l...

Riverdale - A Dark, Neo-Noir Take on Our Favourite Comic!

When I was 10, I was introduced to this colourful world of Archie Comics, those long train journeys to my hometown became a lot funnier with so many vivid characters and an...

Underpaid, Untrained Workers Deployed To Fix India’s Ailing Health System

Ashas, who make about Rs 1,000 a month, are required to undergo a 23-day training spread across 12 months, but a third of the Ashas in a block in north Bihar were not train...

A Market For Mental Health Insurance?

The Mental Healthcare Act mandates insurance providers to cover mental illnesses. This will boost mental health literacy and fight stigmatization Mental health is a subject...