Voices
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How badly do you need that letter of recommendation?
Letters of recommendation have become a means to bully, and the evidence is all around us. Reflecting on an episode in her own life, a young scientist critically examines this dominant practice.
September 17th 2021
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Keep it confidential: Signs of a broken campus mental healthcare system
A bitter experience with the institutional psychologist reminded this young researcher that bad mental healthcare can be just as harmful as no mental healthcare.
September 2nd 2021
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“I have only brought them pride”: A trans doctor’s journey in medicine
What does it mean to be a transgender person in medicine? A researcher in community medicine and a transgender woman, Aqsa Shaikh tells her story through this comix.
August 27th 2021
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Indian news media has a representation problem—Let’s do something about this!
Journalists can either continue to blame historical injustices and persist with their old habits, or they can actively start diversifying their reports. A new crowdsourced list aims to accelerate change.
June 29th 2021
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Your silence is an apartheid for us: Grace Banu
As Pride Month comes to a close, we are reminded of a recent powerful speech by engineer Grace Banu. Spare a few minutes for her message to Savarna and cis-gender allies.
June 26th 2021
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Transcript of ‘Get Out of Class’ Webinar on Casteism in Indian Higher Education Institutes
A multimedia transcript of the Webinar ‘Get out of class: Caste and casteism in our top institutions’.
June 2nd 2021
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The silver lining
A young woman in science opens up about going through worsening mental health during her PhD and coming out of it stronger.
March 8th 2021
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They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.
A recent debate reveals misogyny, casteism and queer-trans-phobia in Indian science academia.
January 2nd 2021
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Looking at mental health through Caste
Therapeutic techniques work on the assumption that the cause of distress is only within the individual. However, an individual’s mental health is also affected by various forms of systemic discrimination. So for Dalits, therapy involves narrating trauma from one therapist to another, in the hope that they will eventually find a caste-sensitive professional.
December 17th 2020
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Why STEM instructors should think about their teaching philosophies
What makes a good STEM instructor? Manan Bhan argues that the answer lies in their teaching philosophy.
December 1st 2020
