Coronavirus and the Urban Poor – Part 4
Posted On December 24, 2020
In the first three parts of this series I talked about the impact of the coronavirus on the livelihoods, healthcare and education of the urban… Read More →
Coronavirus and the Urban Poor – Part 3
Posted On December 22, 2020
In Part 1 I looked at the impact of coronavirus on the livelihoods of the urban poor, and in Part 2 at their access to… Read More →
Coronavirus and the Urban Poor – Part 2
Posted On December 19, 2020
In Part 1 I looked at how the pandemic has impacted the livelihoods of the poorest people in India. Now in Part 2 I take… Read More →
Coronavirus and the Urban Poor – Part 1
Posted On December 17, 2020
“Corona se bach kar bhook se marenge to kya fayda?” (What good is it if we are saved from Coronavirus only to starve to death?)… Read More →
Meet our workers #2
Posted On November 1, 2020
How can you visit the slums of Indonesia and India, with no hand-sanitizer, flights or border crossings required? On Nov 14th, there’s a great opportunity… Read More →
In radiation therapy we trust?
Posted On October 4, 2020
Reflections on worldviews and carcinomas The moment was ironic, to say the least. A Muslim colleague in Hyderabad had brought some holy water back from… Read More →
Kishor: a rocky road
Posted On June 29, 2020
The first time I met Kishor, I was struck by his remarkable outlook on life. A month and a half ago, he broke his spine… Read More →
Coronavirus-lockdown double-whammy for the poor
Posted On April 19, 2020
If we starve to death, will that be any better than death by coronavirus? As lockdown impacts over a billion people in India, three key messages ring out from an urban slum perspective. Read More →