SP Kalantri
SP Kalantri
“Stop this vomiting,” she said firmly, her voice steady enough to make even the nurse stop fidgeting with the clipboard. “Ease the pain a little. Once I gather some strength, I’ll take you to my village. You’ll sit on the mud floor, eating from banana leaves. Hot jowar bhakris, fresh off the chullah, with just …
Pandurang (name changed) is not a guru. He doesn’t stand on a stage, preaching to thousands. He isn’t a YouTuber making millions from daily wisdom. He hasn’t written books, nor made money from his teachings. He is a daily wage laborer from a village near Hinganghat, a 73-year-old man who never went beyond primary school. …
How do we deal with Covid-19 in Indian villages? We must empower primary health centres, where people are familiar with the doctors and healthcare workers; provide adequate training and resources; and weed out unnecessary drugs and investigations. Also, make vaccinations available close to people’s homes. I speak to Indiaspend.
Rural India. A third of our population lives in rural India. The COVID-19 pandemic has now entered rural parts of our country and these areas are now carrying twice as much as disease burden as the urban and semi-urban areas. The hospitals in our cities are towns are overloaded and overwhelmed. Our rural infrastructure is …