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Jun 14, 2019

Making Of A Contagion

A tale of bats, mangoes and a virus

Making Of A Contagion

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May 27, 2021

The story of antibiotics: squandering the miracle cure?

In September of 1928, a 47-year old British scientist entered his laboratory in London after returning from a holiday with family. Before…

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Dec 13, 2020

Let’s talk about asafoetida!

My fondest memories of childhood are of my Paati’s sambar especially the waft of asafoetida or perungaayam (as it is known in Tamil) which…

Let’s talk about asafoetida!

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Jan 17, 2020

Now Is The Right Time: Making A Case For Right To Water In India

India is currently in the midst of a water crisis with nearly 600 million Indians facing high to extreme water stress. Efforts by the…

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Jun 12, 2019

So, what is public health?

A few days ago while going through the old documents in my laptop, I stumbled upon a speech I had given at an event when pursuing my…

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Apr 2, 2019

In Pursuit Of Stories

“The maternal mortality rate (MMR) of India is 167 per 100,000 live births and the infant mortality rate (IMR) is 34 per 1000 live births…

In Pursuit Of Stories

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Science, Health, Policy. And sometimes, the minutiae of life. "I don’t so much fear death as I do wasting life."- O

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