Ridhima Sodhi

public health | TB | Universal Health Coverage | awesome friend to many

[Nada India Foundation @NadaPehchaan]

#Zuzu is sad. Her vet warned about #obesity & #NCDs risks, urging more #walks. But she wonders—why are people around her also gaining weight so fast?
Irony: 180M #Indians face obesity, yet 35% of #kids under 5 suffer from #malnutrition (NHFS-5 2019-21). Time to rethink!

[Nada India Foundation @NadaPehchaan]

#Lisa dislikes the idea of employees working 90+ hrs/week. Health thrives on autonomy, not overwork. While she asserts boundaries, she's willing to stretch for self-care. Leaders have support; employees deserve care too. #CareFirst #Wellbeing #WorkLifeBalance

[CHAI @CHAI_health]

A study published in @PLOSDigiHealth, co-authored by CHAI, revealed that patients in India who use Connect for Life, a mobile-based digital solution for tuberculosis treatment, are 3.46 times more likely to successfully complete their course of treatment: https://t.co/xnT8sQJCDG

[Darshan 🦖 @darshan]

This guy scanned monks' brains.

He expected normal results.

But what he found had never been seen in scientific history.

The discovery landed him on Time's 100 Most Influential People.

Here's what 30,000+ hours of meditation does to your brain:

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

@JashneRekhta For all urdu lovers ❤️

I have some spare tickets, unable to go, and hence giving it away at cost. These tickets are either sold out + more expensive now

- Day 1; Gold: Two tickets; 2k each
- ⁠Day 1-3 (all three days); Gold; 9k

Do let me know 😇 #jashnerekhta

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

W.o.w!

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

In a heroic move, Gisele Pelicot fought to make public the videos of her unconscious rapes at the hands of over 50 men and won. She wanted the public “to look rape straight in the eyes.” Shame, she said, must change sides —from the victims to the perpetrators.

Police found more than 20,000 videos and photographs of Gisele drugged and being raped by various men on her husband’s devices in a folder titled “Abuse.”

On Friday, the judge complied with Gisele’s demand and showed the evidence “necessary for the manifestation of the truth.”

12 rape videos and 10 photos were shown over the courtroom’s three flat screens and projected into the overflow room for members of the public while the perpetrators in the videos sat in shame watching their own despicable criminal acts being exposed.

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

I AM BEING DETAINED...
along with 150 padyatris
at Delhi Border, by a police force of 100s some say 1,000.
Many elderly men & women in their 80s and few dozen Army veterans...
Our fate is unknown.
We were on a most peaceful march to Bapu’s Samadhi... in the largest democracy in the world, the mother of democracy...
Hai Ram!

#saveladakh #savehimalaya #Climatemarch

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

This is your periodic reminder that you should write a blog. It doesn't have to be fancy, it doesn't have to be well-edited. It just has to be something you can cumulatively add to over time. It's easiest to write about stuff you like, and ignore your non-existent audience.

[Inspiration & More @LifeWithJohn]

We rise by lifting others. ~ Even small acts of kindness can change the world for the better.

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

📝 Our latest study, published in @PLOSDigiHealth, found that #TB patients in India using the Connect for life mobile app are 3.46x more likely to complete treatment, likely through the 60% higher follow ups with a healthcare worker.

📚 Full article: https://t.co/6M29cSchgw

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

Ensure justice for the RG Kar Hospital deceased doctor NOW! https://t.co/x2KiOQ8ykr via @countercurrents

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

"I will simply declare, that Ravish is, by a long way, the best news presenter and anchor we have currently on Indian television. Period."
"Some men make great anchors, and Ravish is one such specimen. His persona certainly suggests that he is made of iron. His voiceover is pure literature, and the way he walks fearlessly in and out of peoples’ homes holding a microphone like it is a holy staff, would have made Ryszard Kapuscinski proud. In this he came across as a writer first and a journalist second".

"Ravish always asks the question the viewer wants to ask. Of course, there are other anchors who claim to do the same, but there is a vital difference. Ravish’s contemporaries drape the “viewer’s question” with so many of their own, that in the end the politician or the spokesperson always cunningly manages to address the anchor’s question and not the viewer’s."
"If things go right for him and he doesn’t succumb to the usual trappings of influence and hubris, the future for Ravish is as bright as his name suggests."

This was written by Anand Ranganathan in 2012. This guy now hates Ravish Kumar to the core and says "You need an Israel-like solution to Kashmir".

[Sukhada @appadappajappa]

I just realised there's an entire generation that grew up without seeing this... without seeing what a press conference looks like.

[Faye DSouza @fayedsouza]

Hey Mainstream Corporate TV “journalists”,

What’s the plan? Are you going to keep at it or is it time to read up on ethics and integrity again?

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

Lovely!

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

When @thewire_in @thenewsminute @scroll_in @thecaravanindia and @newslaundry came together as a public interest journalism coalition. Thank you viewers for your support. This coalition is not complete without you the news consumer 🙏🏽

[Ridhima Sodhi @ridhz24]

Spoken words, cannot be taken back.

[N Chandrababu Naidu @ncbn]

Modi has systematically destroyed prestigious institutions of India. In BJP govt’s rule, institutional autonomy and democracy have been under attack.

From CBI to RBI, even a constitutional authority like the Election Commission was not spared.

[Priyanka Gandhi Vadra @priyankagandhi]

You kept standing, no matter what they said and did to you…you never backed down whatever the odds, never stopped believing however much they doubted your conviction, you never stopped fighting for the truth despite the overwhelming propaganda of lies they spread, and you never allowed anger and hatred to overcome you, even when they gifted it to you every day. You fought with love, truth and kindness in your heart. Those who could not see you, see you now, but some of us have always seen and known you to be the bravest of all.

@RahulGandhi, I am proud to be your sister ❤️

Image courtesy - @Malicartoonist

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

Though the NDA got more seats than INDIA Alliance, yet this result is a defeat for NDA. They claimed 400 paar, but fell below 300 & BJP fell well short of a majority.
See the odds against which the INDIA alliance contested. They didn’t even have 10% of money that BJP had. Their accounts were frozen, their leaders arrested. Virtually the entire mainstream media became a propaganda arm of BJP. The ECI was also partisan &batting for BJP. Virtually all institutions including most of the judiciary were also batting for the BJP.
For the Opposition to snatch victory from the jaws of BJP is an enormous achievement. Made possible by the heroic efforts of many INDIA leaders particularly Rahul, Priyanka, Akhilesh, Mamta, Tejaswi, MK Stalin, Uddhav Thakre; & many heroic people on YouTube & social media particularly Ravish, Dhruv, Ajit Anjum, Akash Bannerjee, Punya Prasun, Bhagat Ram, Ms Medusa, Neha Singh Rathore, Ranting Gola, Sakshi Joshi to name only a few. Many alternate media platforms like The Wire, Scroll, Caravan, Newslaundry, Reporters Collective etc to name a few. Also many YouTube news channels like DB News, 4 PM news, to name only a few. Also many Political commentators like Yogendra Yadav & social media influencers like Zubair et al & countless civil society human rights defenders.
There are many many sung & unsung heroes who came together to save our Democracy & Constitution. Let us all savour & celebrate this moment

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

Ravish Kumar — a hero of our times 👏