Long Suffering
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Women in rural India still struggle to get cooking fuel and water, which hurts their health
Women carrying heavy loads over long distances often develop genital, spinal and musculoskeletal problems.
Abhijeet Jadhav
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Life after mercury poisoning: The terrible legacy of Minamata
From 1932 to 1968, hundreds of tonnes of mercury seeped into the waters of Minamata Bay, Japan, causing health and environmental problems still felt today.
Joshua Sokol, Mosaic
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Excruciating pain, extensive burns and PTSD: What happens when you’re struck by lightning
If you’re hit by lightning, there’s a nine in ten chance you’ll survive. But what are the lasting effects of being exposed to hundreds of millions of volts?
Charlotte Huff, mosaic.com
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
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Complicated grief feels like a painful chronic illness and can be treated
But does treating grief pathologise a fundamental human condition?
Andrea Volpe, Mosaic.com
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Indians are spending more years battling depression but don't have enough psychiatrists to turn to
Major depressive disorder, along with anemia, back pain, respiratory diseases and cancers, have increased the number of Years Lived with Disability in India since 1990.
Nayantara Narayanan