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Chapal Mehra

New Delhi
As seen in: BBC, MSN India, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Quint, Scroll.in, The Wire (India)
Writer | Public Health Specialist | Mental Health Advocate ! Wanderer | Editor | @nyuniversity | @NYUWagner |
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Of pride, and our unwritten lived histories

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By Chapal Mehra
| MSN India
In the early years of our friendship, somewhere over steaming cups of tea and under the Delhi winter sun, Saleem Kidwai narrated to me some of the queer stories from the Ramayana , one of South Asia's oldest poetic now religious texts. At that time, such a retelling would possibly shake the foundations of the Right-wing opposition to same-sex love.
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Of Pride, and our unwritten lived histories

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By Chapal Mehra
| Hindustan Times
In the early years of our friendship, somewhere over steaming cups of tea and under the Delhi winter sun, Saleem Kidwai narrated to me some of the queer stories from the Ramayana, one of South Asia’s oldest poetic now religious texts. At that time, such a retelling would possibly shake the foundations of the Right-wing opposition to same-sex love.
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Drug-resistant TB poses a health emergency in India Premium

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By Jai Mullerpattan, Ramya Kannan, Chapal Mehra
| The Hindu
India speaks often about ending tuberculosis. Campaigns, targets, dashboards, and declarations dominate the national narrative. Yet within this broad TB discourse, drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), one of the deadliest forms of the disease, remains a neglected public health emergency. The Global Tuberculosis Report, 2025 of the World Health Organization shows progress: a 21% decrease in TB incidence in India, and an improvement from 53% to 92% in treatment coverage.
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