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The fibre of Keshav Desiraju’s mind
There was something transcendental about him passing away a year ago on the very morning of his grandfather S. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary — this day, Teachers’ Day There was something transcendental about him passing away a year ago on the very morning of his grandfather S. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary — this day, Teachers’ Day If you did not know Keshav N.
Seeking a paradigm shift in mental health care
WHO’s guidance on community mental health services balances care and support with rights and participation Recently, a High Court suggested that homeless persons with health conditions be branded with a permanent tattoo, when vaccinated against COVID-19, since tracking a ‘floating population’ may be cumbersome. Earlier judgments have also suggested ‘round ups’ of such persons to facilitate pathways into care.
A voice beyond compare: The rich legacy of the legendary MS Subbulakshmi
MS Subbulakshmi’s musicianship and personality were closely intertwined. Any discussion of her music eventually becomes a study of her manner, her beliefs and her image. This is a great pity for she was, first and foremost, a consummate artiste. And it is for that reason that we must separate her music from what there is that is known of her as a person. Subbulakshmi’s style was based on an appreciation of what was most beautiful in the vina, nagasvaram and vocal performances she heard around her.
The Covid-19 crisis has underlined the need for more budgetary allocation for healthcare
Pandemics have a way of exposing glaring fault lines. When it comes to the healthcare system, it bares every rot in the system, every loose nail, every creaky rafter, every patient in need of aid and every healthcare worker who is overworked. Covid-19 showed the Indian healthcare system bursting at its seams at the height of the pandemic; patients turned away, doctors and nurses exhausted in their PPE kits.
Healthcare Financing in India
Healthcare Financing in India Public and Private Healthcare and Health Insurance in India by Brijesh C Purohit, New Delhi, California, London and Singapore: Sage Publications, 2020; pp xiii + 283, ₹1,195 (hardcover). India Policy Finance and Policy Report: Health Matters edited by Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit and Sattwik Santra, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020; pp xvi + 166, ₹1,495 (paperback).
Book REVIEW | The good doctor’s submissions
The coronavirus pandemic holds many lessons for India, primary among which is the need for a robust public health system. In times of crisis, the private sector healthcare industry can and surely will help but the brunt must be borne by the government sector, which operates beyond the dictates of profitability and with a freedom mandated by the fact that it is an arm of the government.
Buy OF GIFTED VOICE: The Life and Art of M.S. Subbulakshmi Book Online at Low Prices in India
Genre: Biography/ Music. #readwithharpercollins 💚 . . OF GIFTED VOICE- the life and art of M.S. Subbulakshmi by Keshav Desiraju. . This is 500 page hardcover..and 311 pages is content/ matter & rest is the "NOTES 📝 " section. It means almost 40% of the book contains references & details etc. 15 chapters with a few leafs full of colorful photographs. The book has been aesthetically done. .
Ravi Shankar’s biographer Oliver Craske (rightly) foregrounds his music over his personal life
8 minutes ago Keshav Desiraju Share Tweet Email Reddit Print Comments Share Tweet Email Reddit Print Comments Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) lived life to the full, with most of his 90-and-odd years spent in the public eye. It was a life of intense relationships; with his mother, teachers, brothers, disciples, wives and lovers, and with fellow musicians, music makers, filmmakers and impresarios in India and around the world.
Buy Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India Book Online at Low Prices in India
For every story of optimism about the growth of medical tourism to India, there are multiple others about medical neglect. Scratch the surface and you find a thick layer of corruption in this life-sustaining sector. This hard-hitting volume shows a mirror to society and, more specifically, to those associated with the health sector on how healers, in many cases, are shifting shape to becoming predators.
We Are Right in Mourning Gorakhpur but We Must Learn From It Too - The Wire
Gorakhpur has, yet again, sent out a warning. The death of a child anywhere, anytime, is a matter for grief and the news that an unusually large number of children, mainly newborns had died at the BRD Gorakhpur Medical College in eastern Uttar Pradesh has truly shocked the nation. All the reports, whether from the press or of at least five enquiries set up by various local, state and national authorities point only in one direction; poor people will get only poor public health systems.
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