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The Fine Print

How a Contaminated Cough Syrup in Madhya Pradesh Killed Children and Why the World Should be Outraged

How a Contaminated Cough Syrup in Madhya Pradesh Killed Children and Why the World Should be Outraged

An investigative analysis of the 2025 Madhya Pradesh cough syrup tragedy, revealing how India's poor drug regulatory system has contributed to the global problem of toxic contamination in children’s medicines.

ByMounika Bhukya | Feb 02, 2026

Reality Check

What a Grassroots TB Screening Project in an Urban Slum Taught us about Public Health

What a Grassroots TB Screening Project in an Urban Slum Taught us about Public Health

This story of a small screening project for tuberculosis in an urban slum by three students and their public health teacher sheds light on the pertinent gaps between policy and implementation, revealing to us the amount of ground there is still left to cover in terms of grassroots TB care.

Frames of Reality

Not Poor Enough for the Data: Inside India’s Way of Measuring Poverty

Not Poor Enough for the Data: Inside India’s Way of Measuring Poverty

The Multidimensional Poverty Index misses the reality of everyday hardship. Homes, water, schools, and healthcare may exist on paper but broken systems, debt, and poor quality leave families struggling unseen. See what the data hides

ByParth Sharma and Tarini Shipurkar | Jan 21, 2026

Vital Signs

Healthcare as a People’s Movement: The Story of Shaheed Hospital

Healthcare as a People’s Movement: The Story of Shaheed Hospital

In a town shaped by iron ore and labour unrest, Shaheed Hospital emerged not from charity or the state, but from collective struggle. Built by workers and run through radical democracy, it reimagines healthcare as an act of resistance, care, and solidarity.

ByRohith M | Jan 10, 2026

Poetic Prescriptions

How To End TB (On Paper)

How To End TB (On Paper)

A poem on how tuberculosis is spoken of as eliminable in policy language while persisting in bodies, homes, and margins. As targets rise, care recedes.

ByVasundhara Rangaswamy | Jan 06, 2026

Bitter Pills

Dear Doctor, Thank You

Dear Doctor, Thank You

Blaming patients for getting cancer when the government sells tobacco and the health system fails them everyday is unfair.

ByParth Sharma | Oct 21, 2024