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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the Health Minister moved the bill in Parliament. Her dream was to get modern medicine to the common people by specialised training. Some including Congress MPs opposed the bill. Do read this interesting and well researched piece.
The immediate beneficiaries of the establishment of @aiims_newdelhi were not the ordinary people of India, but the country’s chiefly urban-based elite groups which received the gift of a publicly funded biomedical training institution. The ignorance of India’s elites about the realities of the people and communities they make policies for was in stark display in the 1956 AIIMS bill debates. @kikumbhar writes
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The immediate beneficiaries of the establishment of @aiims_newdelhi were not the ordinary people of India, but the country’s chiefly urban-based elite groups which received the gift of a publicly funded biomedical training institution. The ignorance of India’s elites about the realities of the people and communities they make policies for was in stark display in the 1956 AIIMS bill debates. @kikumbhar writes
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Anti-Indian racism in the US often folds into anti-Hindu hatred and the targetting of places of worship. This bigotry derives from a long history of the right claiming the US as a Christian country with no place for idol worship. Arun Brahmbhatt of @SyracuseU writes
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Every winter, Delhi turns into a toxic gas chamber. We blame farmers, ban firecrackers, and install ineffective smog towers, only to forget about it until next year. Why are our solutions failing? A thread. 🧵
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A lovely read! Can’t wait for Part II
Sachin Chaudhuri and 'The Economic Weekly': A Personal Memoir theindiaforum.in/history/sac… @TheIndiaForum
Every winter, Delhi turns into a toxic gas chamber. We blame farmers, ban firecrackers, and install ineffective smog towers, only to forget about it until next year. Why are our solutions failing? A thread. 🧵
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AIIMS New Delhi has always received appreciation as a solid public good. But is its appeal really so universal? Did the Indian public really "want" something like AIIMS in the 1950s? We'll never know, but this article attempts to provide some answers:
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The @epw_in is an institution. But we do not know much of where it came from. This is an affectionate story by Alaknanda Patel of 'The Economic Weekly' , the forerunner of EPW, seen from close quarters. theindiaforum.in/history/sac… @TheIndiaForum
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This is a fantastic piece by @kikumbhar, who also elaborates on some of these arguments in his forthcoming book.
The establishment of @aiims_newdelhi sparked debates over whether Indians preferred 'Western' or 'indigenous' forms of medicine. These debates masked the elite ignorance and elite self-interest that continue to shape healthcare policy. @kikumbhar writes
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Fascinating read from @kikumbhar
The establishment of @aiims_newdelhi sparked debates over whether Indians preferred 'Western' or 'indigenous' forms of medicine. These debates masked the elite ignorance and elite self-interest that continue to shape healthcare policy. @kikumbhar writes
theindiaforum.in/public-poli…
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The establishment of @aiims_newdelhi sparked debates over whether Indians preferred 'Western' or 'indigenous' forms of medicine. These debates masked the elite ignorance and elite self-interest that continue to shape healthcare policy. @kikumbhar writes
theindiaforum.in/public-poli…