Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN-IBN has written a blog titled ‘Who will be India’s Obama?’ He has compared the Indian and American political scenario and ends his article by saying “For the moment, India awaits her Barack Obama.” This is my response to that blog article. Why are we comparing apples and oranges? America is as … Continue reading
The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) is a national network of organizations that have been working on pharmaceutical policy issues since the early eighties. Reacting to the news of cancellation of licenses of three vaccine-manufacturing public enterprises, namely the 103-year-old Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli; the 100-year-old Pasteur Institute of India (PII), Coonoor; and … Continue reading
We are now a small and a sick family. We have all fallen victim to Conjunctivitis (commonly called “pinkeye” or “Madras Eye” in India). It started off with my dad, and then spread to the entire family, including our little daughter. Newspapers in Mumbai are full of Conjunctivitis news. It is that time of the … Continue reading
How much does it cost to treat diarrhoea in children? A lot, as we realised when we came face-to-face with diarrhoea and the medical establishment, twice in the span of less than a month. I had written earlier about the water in our neighbourhood. Needless to say, our little one was down with her second … Continue reading
Everday scores of Indians in every part of this large country are turned away from hospitals, because they don’t have the money for treatment. And every single day many Indians don’t even go to a medical care facility because they know that they cannot afford the costs. And everyday, thousands of Indians fall into poverty … Continue reading
