M Raghu

Student of Public Health, TISS.
Ayurvedic doctor.

Take photos. Read books. Thinks.

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words.

https://t.co/lk7GyJ4Tc1

[Sanjay Sipahimalani @SanSip]

When every decision is a masterstroke.

(Charlie Hankin in the New Yorker.)

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layered.

#theawkwardangle #mobilephotography #mi10i #shotonxiaomi #blackandwhite #greyscale #mumbaidiaries #mumbai #dark #sillhouette #streetphotography @ Chembur https://t.co/YCsfYJW0iq

[Mathew George @george_matsajo]

My recent article that focus on the changing discourse on hygiene in public health

"...aesthetic orientation in sanitation has transformed the idea of hygiene behaviours as more individualistic in orientation and focus on market commodities"

https://t.co/tSJ6KWkYRl

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Solutions by the people, for the people: https://t.co/DOOMJFsZi1

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Scenes from a primary health centre- A cloth cover of a paan company being used to carry medicines to the field. Patients await their turn for treatment.

#publichealth #tobacco #tb #primaryhealthcare

[R @CrimsonScalpel]

Schoolgirl : “Can the government give sanitary pads at Rs 20-30?”

IAS officer : Tomorrow you'll say the government can give jeans too. And why not some beautiful shoes after that? You will eventually expect the government to give you family planning methods, condoms, too."

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Is banning the solution?

Letters for a Nation: From Jawaharlal Nehru to His Chief ministers 1947-1963

[Kiran Kumbhar @kikumbhar]

Among the many privileges & blindspots i harbored for long were those tht come from being a biomedical doctor. I entered adult life wit the illusion tht d healthcare world revolves around us docs

In d new episode of our podcast, we discuss how even history has had this blindspot

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But all of it comes down to how much he would miss the pleasures of this life!
We work relentlessly to bring a meaning to our lives. On an off day, Camus and his philosophy will have our back.
The vivid descriptions, clarity and honesty makes 'the stranger' a good read. @_mazhaa

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The stranger- Albert Camus

Built on his philosophy of absurdism, 'the stranger' is definitely a journey through a new terrain. "And just then it crossed my mind that one might fire, or not fire- and it would come to absolutely the same thing" is one of the many occasions were he

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By the end of the novel (where he is given capital punishment), there is a sense of sadness, a thirst for life (how eloquently he pens the inevitability of hope in our lives!), and a regret for his choices.

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As a PH student, the limitations in the mechanisms to monitor the side effects of Covid 19 vaccines adds to my scepticism on the whole process of vac.
@meganthroy
Another insightful article which brings light on the voids in the biomedical approach in PH.
https://t.co/isOKFiBXPO

[Monica @monicalmolinaro.bsky.social @MonicaLMolinaro]

SO REALLY TO DISMISS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH BECAUSE IT ISN'T GENERALIZABLE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE INTENT OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IS NOT TO GENERALIZE BUT RATHER TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULAR CONTEXTS, NUANCES, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES OF A PHENOMENA OR GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW

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When the big picture has missing pieces- the disconnect between policies and ground realities.

#PublicHealthSystem #publichealth

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seeking onam, seeing pookkalam

#theawkwardangle #mumbai #mumbailocal #onam #onappookalam

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a framework for patience.

#theawkwardangle #mumbaidiaries #mobilephotography #streetphotography #bus #mi10i #wait

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Public health in itself is multidisciplinary. A resilient PH system can be attained by being open to diversity and shifting from the existing medicalised view. Bt the new public health cadres exclude even AYUSH graduates, let alone experts frm other fields https://t.co/399kuzeySP