A letter from the editor spotlighting our best stories which amplified the voices of the marginalised, boldly ventured into topics often ignored or suppressed and demanded accountability from power also featuring some of our staff members’ personal favourites!

A curable fungal infection has turned into a silent epidemic in India, driven by irrational steroid–antifungal creams, poor regulation, and structural neglect. This photostory traces how a simple itch spirals into chronic illness, resistance, and quiet suffering among the poor.

In many rural areas of India, type 1 diabetics requiring insulin do not even live to their twenties. Read this story detailing the complex systemic barriers, including infrastructure, storage, logistics, and poor health literacy, that worsen diabetes management with insulin in India.

A poem exploring bisexual identity, erasure, and belonging through the lens of family, violence, and love. It traces the quiet resistance of a queer woman navigating invisibility in both straight and queer spaces.

When I came out as a queer doctor, I thought Pride would be celebratory. Instead, I was confronted by how our health systems continue to fail people like me — and why visibility must become our tool for change.

Uncover the hidden challenges Indian women face in healthcare decisions and why empowering them could transform health outcomes.

When Indian patients get diagnosed with cancer, their relatives try to hide that diagnosis from them. Read how this leads the patients to suffering, loss of mental peace, and poorer outcomes in this article.

The possible ban on over-the-counter emergency contraceptives lacks scientific justification.

This article explores the widespread prevalence of violence against women in the healthcare sector and argues that the Kolkata hospital crime could have been the story of any woman healthcare worker.

It is truly amusing that a country with a dire need of working doctors in rural areas has designed a system that would produce people who will not be able to fulfill that need.

Tobacco use prevention strategies need to be reimagined in India.

Male surgeons have dominated the medical field for ages. What role does gender bias have in this and are things changing?

Quality of post graduation medical education in India needs to reviewed to improve the quality of life of doctors and patient care.

Sexual abuse is more common in male children than female children in India.

While aiming for universalizing healthcare, is our health system making sure to include everyone in this ambitious dream?

Surgical care doesn't end at the operation but also involves provision of adequate pain relief. However, various barriers affect access to pain relief in India.

India has the most progressive contraception policies on paper. Yet women struggle to access contraception.