Tag: Mortality

Superpower for Some: Infant Mortality and Maternal Health

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India doesn’t seem to be a lucky country if you are a newborn child or woman who has survived into adulthood. I have written before about the treatment of women in India here and here and it is not an issue that will go away. Whilst I see a lot of bad news in the Indian…
Varanasi: Is there any hope for India?

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Distressed. Helpless. Filthy. Nauseous. This is how I felt in Varanasi, one of the holiest and most revered places in India. Wandering along the ghats, I observed the rituals. A man placed a cup in the Ganges, pulled it out and drank in the holy water. He looked at peace in the belief that this…