by athira | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
-By Ruchira Gupta Kerala’s Covid-19 infection death toll is one third of the all-India average. How has Kerala, a small state in the south, been able to do this? The answer lies in the existence of a people-oriented health system and the feminine and scientific...
by athira | May 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
-By Ruchira Gupta As the second wave of COVID-19 takes over India, more than 20 million have been infected and at least 220,0000 have lost their lives. My NGO Apne Aap’s volunteers scramble to get oxygen to the most marginalised women and children in red-light areas...
by athira | May 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
-By Ruchira Gupta Sobbing video clips, desperate messages and panic calls from red-light areas, Rohingya refugee camps, caste ghettoes of street performers, are the daily wake up feeds on my inbox these days. Food, oxygen, a bed in a hospital, money for burial, and...
by athira | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
-By Ruchira Gupta Forbesganj is a small agricultural town in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is also my home where my family has lived for three generations, manufacturing and trading in rice. It is in one of the poorest districts of the country, Araria in the...
