Keshav Desiraju
@DesirajuKeshav
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Very important order by Chandrachud J, Nath J and Kohli J. @VandanaBanyan @netshrink @AdvGauravKumar @PadmaSCARF
hindustantimes.com
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the states and Union territories to vaccinate all inmates and staff of mental healthcare facilities against Covid-19 within a month and to set up a...
#BREAKING | #SupremeCourt directs states & UTs to set up an online dashboard within 4 weeks containing information about the availability of mental healthcare institutions, facilities provided, occupancy & region-wise distribution of halfway homes in the states.
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Monopolies on Covid vaccines are killing people in poorer countries | Achal Prabhala and Chelsea Clinton
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Emissaries from South Africa have been begging the WTO to endorse a vaccine waiver to spare more unnecessary suffering, say Achal Prabhala and Chelsea Clinton
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Must read article by Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri : Missing school, missing meals: Without remedial action, the pandemic will cause a terrible learning deficit in tomorrow’s workforce https://t.co/eUVHmXSBEz
@VimalaRamachan1 @kaushikedu @Pratham_India @AkshayMangla
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The parliamentary committee on education must be congratulated. It has prepared a candid report on the impact of Covid-19 on a fragile and iniquitous education system. It admits some home truths:...
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Dont look away. This is gut-wrenchingly painful to watch. But it really happened. In India. After a few years in power the RSS/BJP led Government has normalised Hindutva violence against Muslims.
Muslim Man Assaulted In Kanpur, Daughter Begs For Mercy https://t.co/HIM4x7Bgf6 via @ndtv
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This is a charming piece by @seemay about Mysore, her family and early Kannada cinema. Please read.
Mysuru and Mysureans always hid their lights under a bushel- a wonderful "exposure" of a beloved city
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A superb book, dense with detail, intense and deeply felt. As this reviewer says, ' a profound meditation on suffering'. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
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A young Tamil ponders the death of his grandmother’s carer in a hypnotic novel about ageing, longing and the aftermath of war
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This is a very important piece, and will need more than one reading. All those working with school education, medical education and public health, please find the time to read this.
Wrote this editorial for @GlobalHealthBMJ blending a critical reflection of 2 decades journey from #MedEd to #PublicHealth with Sandel’s critique of meritocracy & @drrbalu’s book on leadership; thanks for the flowers and the cacti coming my way! https://t.co/TbOyWFplJ8
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A kind friend has read out to me the full text of the long piece by @gopalears . Thank you so much! @RKRadhakrishn
New issue of the Malayalam magazine Bhashaposhiini is having an article by me based on @DesirajuKeshav book on MS Subbulakshmi. If time permits please read. This is the image of an announcement appeared in today's newspaper, Malayala Manorama
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Lies & blatant lies! Govt statement in parliament of no death due to #ManualScavenging in last 5 years is shameful as well as disrespectful to every person who died cleaning our shit! Its simply a cover-up of its own failure to stop deaths in sewers, septic tanks. #stopkillingus
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"Father Stan could have been saved. But the state left him to die. I am scared they might do the same to my mother.”
‘The State Has Left My Mother To Die,’ Says Sudha Bharadwaj’s Daughter As Sudha’s health deteriorates inside prison, her friends and family speak to Outlook about her incarceration and work among the tribals in Chhattisgarh. https://t.co/4Kpf484TNw
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Excellent, clearly argued piece. @PopFoundIndia @thePHFI
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Delighted that the Harvard T H Chan Alumni Assn has awarded the 2021 Leadership Award in Public Health Practice to Dr Kezevino (Vinu) Aram, MPH '00, of Shanti Ashram, Coimbatore. Richly deserved ! @HarvardChanSPH @thePHFI @gita_sen @PopFoundIndia
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Warm, wonderful tribute by film historian Nasreen Munni Kabir: Being rather than doing: Why Dilip Kumar is one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema https://t.co/vQtmHmARua via @TheReel_in
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He was a director’s actor as well as an actor’s actor.
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On placing care for the mentally ill within the community. @goofyka @banyanbalm @sujakrao @MichelleFunk3 @netshrink @doctorsoumya @PopFoundIndia @thePHFI @mehta_manjari @NotPareshan
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NEW: There’s no single reason for India’s catastrophic covid surge. Instead, it’s the result of basic mistakes and callous technocratic failures.
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There’s no single reason for India’s catastrophic covid surge. Instead, it’s the result of basic mistakes and callous technocratic failures.
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Listen if you have the time!
The Hindu Books #Podcast: Retired civil servant and author @DesirajuKeshav, on writing 'Of Gifted Voice: The Life and Art of M.S. Subbulakshmi' https://t.co/n4Jq1lneyI via @the_hindu
#MSSubbulakshmi
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Horrifying suggestion, and by the Chief Justice of a High Court. How can this even be said? @netshrink @goofyka
Not that we needed more reasons to deplore judges turning administrators under the guise of PIL. Here’s the Bombay HC Chief Justice suggesting branding people with tattoos as part of a vaccine policy:
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