Author: Anand Philip
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Long-form Indian writing- Digest 002
I’ve been trying to find bloggers who write longer posts, and am happy to feature a few today. My child’s spirit is just as important as her physical health. Karina Varma (BziB on twitter) and her daughter had a not-uncommon horrific experience in a hospital. If you are a healthcare provider or a parent, this…
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Long-form Indian writing- Digest 001
In my last post I outlined that Longform writing on the web has found a new life thanks to apps like Readability, Instapaper and Longreads. My interest lies in finding indian writings that are long from and bring to focus my immediate surrounding. Every week I will present that weeks finds, and hopefully this list…
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Reading: Help a logophile out please
These last few months when I’ve been bed-ridden and vacationing, I read for over 8 hours a day. Yes, I counted. I love reading long articles. Most websites are not designed to help you with reading long form articles. Till Readability happened, I would tweak websites via firebug to make long articles readable. Readability has…
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What we dont talk about- Steroid Abuse among Teenagers in Brothels in Bangladesh
In Bandladesh’s legal brothels, madams dose the (often underage) sex-workers with Dexamethasone, a steorid, to make them look older and fatter.which their customers find attractive.
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A Guide to Life [Guest post]
Cathartist, who has written on Cerebral salad before, mailed me with her response to the criticism that Meena Kandasamy was facing for her article about domestic violence. I am turning the mail into a post. As usual, she is brilliant. Follow her on twitter. A guide to life – General edition Can doctors be unhealthy?…
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Some Questions that need to be answered on Domestic Violence
Background: Poet and Dalit activist Meena kandasamy recently wrote about her story of domestic violence. She is an evocative writer and her article has resulted in a lot of conversation on various web-platforms. Among the usual “hear, hear” and “she must be lying” comments were a few a few questions that are earnest and need…