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Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com

Even after Stan Swamy’s death, the fight to get justice for Jharkhand undertrials is still alive

While the fight has faltered, Swamy’s friends and colleagues are taking forward the work he had lived and died for.

Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com
· Dec 08, 2021 · 01:30 pm
An ‘encounter’ in Jharkhand shows nothing has changed for Adivasis since a 2015 study by Stan Swamy

High numbers of undertrials charged with being Maoists belong to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes, the study had found.

Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 30, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Coronavirus: India’s inadequate disability pensions pushed its mental health patients to the brink

For many persons with psychosocial disabilities, financial support during the pandemic was insufficient, inconsistent or nonexistent.

Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com
· Jan 10, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In India, coronavirus crisis has been particularly hard for mental health patients and hospitals

An already overextended and under-resourced mental healthcare system has unravelled during the pandemic.

Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com
· Nov 03, 2020 · 01:30 pm