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HomeGENRE: Voices

GENRE: Voices

Personal essays, commentary, opinion, interviews

Multiple Sclerosis patient in a wheelchair
Health

Multiple Sclerosis: Spot signs early to manage it better and lead a normal life

June 1, 2023 Shobana Radhakrishnan

An interview-based guide to Multiple Sclerosis which affects a large number of people — its symptoms, treatment and other implications.

Uttarakhand Himalayan view
Environment

Himalayan weather patterns can cause shortage of food, water in Indo-Gangetic plains

May 24, 2023 Anoop Nautiyal

Scientists estimate that erratic weather patterns could have led to crop loss of up to 10 to 15% in the Ganges and Yamuna plains alone.

Nurse interacting with patients in a hospital ward.
Health

Opinion: Patient rights in Rajasthan’s new law are key to fundamental right to health care

May 19, 2023 Edward Premdas Pinto

The Rajasthan Right to Health Care Act is a step in the right direction as it centres the critical issue of patient rights in India.

A huge crowd at an election rally in Karnataka
Governance

Opinion: 11 reasons why voters must look beyond political manifestos

May 10, 2023 Nagesh Aras

As the Karnataka assembly elections get underway, a Bengaluru citizen raises pertinent questions about the need for a party manifesto at all.

Dr Yamini (name changed) has coped with with bipolar distorder for over a decade
Health

“Bipolar Disorder will change your life but you can navigate around it”: A first-person account

April 11, 2023 Geeta Lal Sahai

A US-based scientist, who works, travels and leads a happy family life despite living with serious bipolar disorder, shares her journey.

Devashish Dhar
Governance

“Cities must give a lot more to informal workers they engage”: Public policy expert

April 5, 2023 Kavitha Iyer

In conversation with author and former Niti Aayog policy expert Devashish Dhar, we discuss what makes for healthy, inclusive growth in cities.

A pair of hands loading clothes into a washing machine
Civic

Vidyut Rakshaka: An initiative that led to more efficient energy use, lower emissions

April 3, 2023 Sumedha Malaviya

It processes energy consumption behaviour to give tailored feedback to households, eventually leading to shifts in usage patterns.

Karnataka Government Budget document released
Governance

Editorial: Budgets must come with a caveat — the numbers mean very little!

March 14, 2023 T R Gopalakrishnan

How much of those amounts get spent? On whom? And what do we have to show for it? These are questions that we want answers to, but find none.

Interiors of the Allahabad Public Library
Governance

Our public libraries need attention; here’s why we should care

February 24, 2023 Madhumita Rajan

Public libraries can strengthen democracy, foster social equity and create an informed, responsible citizenry. But do we have such libraries?

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Economy

Opinion: Message from new tax regime — spend, don’t save

February 13, 2023 Vijaya Pushkarna

India’s household savings has been sharply eroded by inflation and stands at a 18-year low. The new tax regime is hardly likely to boost that.

Two children pose in front of the collection of books in their classroom library.
Education

Classroom libraries in Bengaluru and Hyderabad open up the world of books for all kids

February 7, 2023 Shahnaz Sultana

The initiative partners with schools to implement a Classroom Library Program (CLP), which requires at least five library classes in a week.

Dr Anil Joshi, Himalayan ecology
Environment

‘Mountain man’ Dr Anil Joshi: “There should be no aggressive development projects in the hills”

January 25, 2023 T R Gopalakrishnan

Hear ecologist Dr Anil Joshi as he shares several concerns and recommendations critical to preserving fragile hill ecology, as in Joshimath.

A polluted Delhi morning, as morning walkers take a stroll near the India Gate. (File photo)
Environment

Editorial: Delhi air alert — Breathing is seriously injurious to your health!

January 11, 2023 T R Gopalakrishnan

One senses a sudden smugness among those responsible for controlling Delhi air pollution, despite AQI reaching dangerous levels in the cold wave.

Two female waste workers at work in Shimla
Health

Shimla study underlines the need for menstrual leave for women waste workers

December 1, 2022 Sweta Dash and Surekha Garimella

The menstrual leave debate has picked up globally, but waste workers in Shimla hold a mirror to the reality in local grassroots contexts.

A girl writing English alphabets on the blackboard in a classroom
Education

Opinion: Why we still need English in our schools and colleges

November 10, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

The centre wants medicine and engineering to be taught in regional languages instead of English, in line with the NEP. But what will it achieve?

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