Why Does India Lead The World In Deaths From TB?—NPR Goats and Soda

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Portfolio

For the second year in a row, India has landed the dubious distinction of being number one in the world for deaths from tuberculosis: 423,000 TB patients died in the year 2016. That’s a third of the world’s 1.4 million death toll. India, of course, is not...

Bangalore Widows Find Camaraderie, Friendship in the Face of Isolation—The New Humanitarian

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Portfolio

For five mornings each week, the elderly women who visit the Rangoli Women’s Center say they feel like they belong somewhere. This is an unusual feeling for many of them. In most of India, older women are practically invisible. In large families, they take on...

The world’s biggest beach clean-up—DW WorldLink

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

For two years, every weekend a group of volunteers converges on Versova beach, on the north shore of Mumbai, to collect the rubbish – by hand! The team has already collected over 7000 tonnes of waste – and it all started with one man. A lawyer who looked...

Fighting for clean beaches in Mumbai—DW

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

India has a coastline of more than 7,000 kilometers, but sadly, it’s not all pristine beaches and stunning cliffs. In fact, for Mumbai’s citizens, the shore is more like a landfill. The beaches are covered with trash — colourful plastic bags, bottles...

Can cities in India be quieter?—BBC CrowdScience

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Festival fireworks and honking street traffic – what are the solutions to noise pollution? Testing fireworks’ decibel levels and noise mapping is hoped to help alleviate noise in Mumbai, India. Chhavi Sachdev hears from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board....

At Age 101, She’s A World Champ Runner—NPR Goats and Soda

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Portfolio

Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20-somethings. Every day she wakes up at 4 a.m., bathes, washes clothes, makes tea, recites prayers until about 7 a.m. Sometimes she goes to the Gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, other times she prays at home....