Volume 003 City
October 5, 2021
Our latest edition on the City is now live! This edition brings together those that dream of cities, those who live in cities, and those who build cities.
Where we see video explorations, co-created, curated, learner generated, to make visible various, hidden Indias.
Our latest edition on the City is now live! This edition brings together those that dream of cities, those who live in cities, and those who build cities.
After months of the pandemic induced lockdown, our lives are slowly coming back to normal—going out to work, meeting friends and relatives, shopping in stores. How has this become possible? An important factor has been the Covid vaccine.
In this episode, Rizwana Fatima performs the story of Pandita Ramabai, who in her lifetime, saw waves of famine and the bubonic plague. This story encapsulates her life experiences during the calamity, where she witnessed tragedy in her family and yet, saved many lives through her relief work and writings.
Women from grassroots collectives in Bihar met us on Zoom and talked to us about all things health. From hung servers to healthcare centres that could be mistaken for stables—seeking healthcare in rural India is often a thrilling ride.
The right to health is one of our fundamental rights. But even after 75 years of independence, are health services available equitably to all? The Covid 19 pandemic has laid bare the faults in India’s public health infrastructure.
How has the public health system in India invisibilised people with disabilities and their needs? Even after 75 years of independence, why is disability not integrated as an important concern in public health policy?
We feature conversations with Dr. Aqsa Shaikh (Nodal Officer, Vaccination Centre – Jamia Hamdard), Reetika Khera (Associate Professor, IIT Delhi), Sunita Rani (ASHA Worker, Haryana) and Rohin Garg (Associate Policy Counsel, Internet Freedom Foundation).
What challenges do transgender and non-binary people face in a heternormative public health “cis-tem”? Do our vaccination and other health communication campaigns cater largely to an upper-caste, North Indian audience?
To help process the devastation that was the second wave of Covid19, the Third Eye Monday Adda with our rural digital educators invited theatre practitioner Apeksha Vora (hyperlink to author bio) to help make sense of the pain in their bodies, and their neighbourhoods.
This week, listen to Ashish Kothari, Dr. Sanjida Arora (CEHAT), Menaka Rao and Clifton D’ Rozario lay out a public health landscape and wish list.