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Why Does India Lead The World In Deaths From TB? NPR Goats and Soda
For the second year in a row, India has landed the dubious distinction of being number one in the world for deaths from tuberculosis: 423,000 TB patients died in the year 2016. That's a third of the world's 1.4 million death toll. India, of course, is not the only...
Bangalore Widows Find Camaraderie, Friendship in the Face of Isolation The New Humanitarian
For five mornings each week, the elderly women who visit the Rangoli Women’s Center say they feel like they belong somewhere. This is an unusual feeling for many of them. In most of India, older women are practically invisible. In large families, they take on...
The world’s biggest beach clean-up DW WorldLink
For two years, every weekend a group of volunteers converges on Versova beach, on the north shore of Mumbai, to collect the rubbish - by hand! The team has already collected over 7000 tonnes of waste - and it all started with one man. A lawyer who looked out of his...
Fighting for clean beaches in Mumbai DW
India has a coastline of more than 7,000 kilometers, but sadly, it's not all pristine beaches and stunning cliffs. In fact, for Mumbai's citizens, the shore is more like a landfill. The beaches are covered with trash -- colourful plastic bags, bottles and food...
Can cities in India be quieter? BBC CrowdScience
Festival fireworks and honking street traffic - what are the solutions to noise pollution? Testing fireworks’ decibel levels and noise mapping is hoped to help alleviate noise in Mumbai, India. Chhavi Sachdev hears from the Maharashtra Pollution Control...
At Age 101, She’s A World Champ Runner NPR Goats and Soda
Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20-somethings. Every day she wakes up at 4 a.m., bathes, washes clothes, makes tea, recites prayers until about 7 a.m. Sometimes she goes to the Gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, other times she prays at home....
Domestic violence burns survivors get a fighting chance at a hospital in Indore BBC World Service
In India there have been many well-documented cases of women who were deliberately burned by their husbands as part of dowry demands. The law has been changed to give women more protection during the first seven years of marriage. But women are still being burned. Now...
Does Technology Change How we Fall in Love?—BBC CrowdScience
Chhavi Sachdev guest hosted an episode of CrowdScience to answer "How does technology affect how we fall in love?" Crowdscience traveled to India to answer listener Erin’s questions about the impact of the internet on our search for soulmates. We meet the...
Supporting India’s ‘forgotten’ women—DW WorldLink
In patriarchal societies like India, women who survive their husbands are often neglected later in life. In Bangalore, a slum community center is hoping to improve the lives of these widows by providing a space where they can come to do yoga, crafts and make friends....
Once the go-to place for surrogacy, India tightens control over its baby industry—Public Radio International
Surrogacy is reported to bring $400 million every year to the Indian economy. Doctors in even the smallest towns assist in it, but a few towns like Anand have turned it into big business. Until 2015, anyone from anywhere could fly to India, spend about $35,000 and...
Document Leaks: The consequences of revealing secrets Public Radio International
Chhavi Sachdev's piece on the Panama Papers was part of the hour-long America Abroad episode on document leaks. When is leaking documents and revealing secrets worth the potential security risks? This hour, we'll talk about when document leaks are legal, when they are...
What Influence has the NHS had Globally?BBC Health Check
The NHS in Britain is 70 years old and in a special programme, Health Check looks at how it has influenced other health systems around the world. India is one of the countries that has tried to set up its own primary care system - no mean feat in a country of more...