Recognition of women’s labour beyond tokenism: Anganwadi workers fight for dignity—Sayendri Panchadhyayi
The Anganwadi workers, formally known as Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) workers, are at the forefront of staging a nationwide protest in pursuit of dignity, recognition, and a decent livelihood. In a bid to promote inclusive early childhood development, the Government of India (GoI) launched the Anganwadi Program in 1975 to oversee the nutritional requirements…
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Surrounded by People, Still Lonely: Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Emerging Adults in Kerala
Staying with our focus on mental health and well-being, Shaima and Devi from the Sabr Collaborative joined B. Harigovind for a conversation on loneliness and social isolation among emerging adults1 in Kerala (late teens to mid-twenties). B. Harigovind is a public health professional with a Master’s in Public Health and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering.…
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Towards Disability Justice – By Safareena Farhath
–Safareena writes for Sabr on “A Mother’s Journey through Care, Burnout, and Disability Advocacy” Motherhood changed the course of my life in ways I could never have imagined. My journey began in my early twenties with the birth of my first child—a child who would later be diagnosed with profound cerebral palsy. What followed was…
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World Mental Health Day
Greetings from the Sabr Collaborative on World Mental Health Day. This year, we are grappling with the question of mental health which members of the collaborative have encountered in myriad ways, but not directly and explicitly as a field of research and dialogue. Therefore, join us, as we take our first steps towards exploring mental…
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‘States’ of Hopelessness: Privatized Healthcare and Lives Entangled in Infrastructural Inequalities
‘My mother and my sister-in-law were lying unconscious on the hospital floor. The doctor said, ‘Take your brother from here or he will die’ I felt so helpless. That moment will stay with me forever. For so long as I live. I will never forget.’ Deepak (36, name anonymised) ‘Not everyone can afford treatment in…
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Ma, I am Paroma – Paroma Sengupta
Every week, my mother forgets who I am. She looks directly at me and asks, where is Paroma? The first time she did it was during a phase when neither of us was sleeping. She would be awake till dawn, hallucinating. And I would be awake with her, singing her favourite songs, telling her stories…
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Friendship as Care Work: Politics of Love, Labour, and Solidarity – Mishika Chauhan
This article originates from thinking through both the script of heteronormative love and friendship in Indian society, especially in the backdrop of COVID-19, to reimagine the relationship between friendship and care work. Through select contributions from Yaari: An Anthology on Friendship by Women and Queer Folx (Phadke & Kanagasabi 2023) along with feminist frameworks of…
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A Portrait of Rajani: Care Found and Lost Across Generations – Kaushiki and Dipanwita
Picture Courtesy: Kingshuk Hajra
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Can the Forests Walk into the Courts for Justice? Convening Care with Atreyo and Shardha
In the May edit for Sabr, and against the backdrop of the large-scale destruction of the Kancha Gachibowli forested area for an IT park, Shardha Rajam and Atreyo Banerjee ask how we can infuse care as an ethical concept to radically rethink legal and justice systems. Shardha and Atreyo begin from the premise that we…
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Passing on the torch of life: with Dr. Parth Sharma
In this candid, wide-ranging conversation with Sabr, Dr. Parth Sharma talks about decisions to take the path less trodden, early life inspirations, his love for listening to people’s stories, his passion for reading and writing, and how he chose his medical specialization. He describes the crucial influence of Ida Scudder’s ethics in his undergraduate studies…
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