Sumedha Raikar

Writer, translator, culture columnist, public diplomacy practitioner

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

In the new volume Women’s Empowerment in India: From Rights to Agency, co-edited by Dr Anjoo Upadhyaya—a scholar who lives in Banaras, Oslo, and Pune—you’ll explore India’s women's movement.
https://t.co/QI1ZrXyIwm

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

A State At The Table: The Taste of Maharashtra
I share my just-released free verse on select flavors of Maharashtra
https://t.co/phlv799uhH
A State At The Table uses food as an entry into Maharashtra’s regions, moods, and textures

[Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia]

Excited to kick off my first visit to Mumbai with a visit to our Consulate! Our dedicated team in @USAndMumbai are working hard to bolster the U.S.-India partnership. 🇺🇸🇮🇳

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

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[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

The story of urban canteens is on your plate! My Sunday Midday column today as I explore Food For All, a book mapping how urban canteens across India have provided survival and dignity. 🍲
Discover how these canteens are transforming lives! 🥘📖@sundaymidday @Gummadi645

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

In my Midday column today, I delve into Girl, a collection of poems by @ruthpadel. Through stories of resilience and reinvention, Girl redefines forces that shape girlhood @sundaymidday
https://t.co/zqf18DqFlS

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

In my Mid Day column today, I write about Dr Meenu Anand’s new mental health resource book that pushes psychiatry to work alongside grassroots testimonies and lived experiences. @sundaymidday @VibhutiJPatel

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

In my  Mid Day column today, I write about five army doctors whose second quiz book stands at a beautiful intersection
https://t.co/LvY15TdtxJ

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

How many social workers can reflect on five decades of work with the fulfillment that Dr. Prakash Amte experiences! In @sundaymidday column, I write about his new book, where he shares the joy of passing the baton to the next generation in Gadchiroli

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

My Midday column delves into the world of a poor tailor, captured by a tailor in his Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel Usvan. The slice of life from Marathwada depicts the post-pandemic resource crunch of rural Maharashtra @sundaymidday
https://t.co/wZ8s599x6g

[SWaCH Cooperative @swachcoop]

Thank you @medhatalk.
It feels special to read the meanings and nuances of our stories in your column @sundaymidday

Click to read https://t.co/5R6NwGRcFq

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

@swachcoop @sundaymidday Thanks for amplifying these precious stories

[SWaCH Cooperative @swachcoop]

Writer's response

@medhatalk, you've bound intricate pieces of waste picker stories nicely.
-Joe Lobo

The article in @sundaymidday captures the
essence of waste pickers'
stories from the book that we co-created with 20 trailblazing waste pickers of Pune.
-Poornima Chikarmane

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

See the solo face of courage in my Midday Column @sundaymidday
https://t.co/E397fQGQbT

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

As we vote, we celebrate a democratic right and a responsibility.  In my Midday column, I recall the speeches of the Father of the Constitution in which he urges for social unity and reform that he saw as essential in any democracy,
https://t.co/TNMnzE4nKC

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

My Midday column on the strategic locations in the Mumbai metropolitan region that the book Gateways to the Sea brings alive.
Places we cannot not know!
@sundaymidday @DPD_India @MaritimeMMS
https://t.co/n0mB0hnbWO

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

@nandiniramnath Congrats... looking forward to reading the book

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

Dr Ganesh Devy hops between Mumbai and Dharwad to raise a Centre for Civilisation! My Midday column dwells on the social scientist's consistent institution-building for studying cultures and languages @sundaymidday
https://t.co/VY2YRuzycU

[Sumedha Raikar @medhatalk]

Fools abound in private and public spheres from time immemorial. My Midday column quotes various saint-poets of Maharashtra who aptly define fools who can be dangerous to society!
https://t.co/9xITJRKv23