Kiran Kumbhar

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COVID-19 Is Boosting Demand for Universal Healthcare – but Won’t Get Us There

Aarogya Setu App Is Just the Latest Example of Our Obsession With Quick-Fixes

Epidemic Diseases Act, India’s 123-Year-Old Law to Help Fight the Pandemic

Let’s Not Forget Social Distancing Is a Terrible Idea for Many People

In a Pandemic, Moral Preparedness Is Also Important. India Might Not Have It.

Bhore committee, public healthcare, private healthcare, Jawaharlal Nehru, socialism, NITI Aayog, district hospitals, Central Government Health Scheme, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Ayushman Bharat, health insurance, Joseph Bhore, Joseph Bhore Committee, Sunil Amrith,

Why India’s Founders Championed a State-Dominated Healthcare System

How B&W Bollywood Has Preserved a Snapshot of India’s Public Health Story

Western medicine, British medicine, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, Ayurveda, Unani, Native Medical Institution, colonialism, Western medicine, alternative medicine, human dissection, East India Company, Bhore committee report 1946, William Bentinck,

How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Ayurveda, Bhartiya Shiksha Board, board exams, CBSE, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, MHRD, Murty Trust, Prakash Javadekar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rewriting history, school textbooks, secondary education, state board education, Ved pathshalas, Vedic schools, Vedic text, Vedic vidyalayas

The British Origins of Gravity-Defying Ancient Indian Achievements

Archibald Cochrane, breast cancer screening, clinical trials, Cochrane Collaboration, conflict of interest, evidence-based medicine, Hilda Bastian, HPV, human papillomavirus, Peter Gøtzsche, pre-cancer, psychiatric medications, randomised controlled trials

Gøtzsche Affair Spotlights Challenges of Producing Good Evidence in Medicine