There are problems our world is struggling with which require very drastic changes to be made to the world order. Unbridled capitalism leads to extreme power differences that in turn makes it extremely difficult to control what capitalists do to the world. Thus they cause plunder of the Earth and cause catastrophic damage to the ecosystem. Patriarchy and caste maintain a social framework that prevents rebellion.

When confronted with the enormity of this challenge, if one says radical change is hard, it is understandable. But what happens when one denies the need for radical change altogether? What happens when there's a constant tone policing of the radicals? When there's a demand to keep the demands to minor adjustments, or symbolic victories?

This has been the recurring theme of a few of my posts in the last few months.

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Three more episodes of Arogya Haadi are here:

1. ಕೆಮ್ಮು ಸಿರಪ್‌ಗಳು ಔಷಧ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಏನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತವೆ? What Cough Syrups Reveal About Drug Regulation - In this video, Dr Gopal Dabade shares the new notification by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare about cough syrups. Does this change how many irrational fixed dose combination drugs are manufactured and made available in the market purely for profits? Looking at the scale of the problem reveals another story all together!
2. ಜೆನೆರಿಕ್ ಔಷಧಿಗಳು ನಮಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯವೇ? Are generic medicines good for us? - In this episode listen to Dr Gopal Dabade share about generic medicines – what they are, their importance, why are they so cheap and whether the quality of generic medicines is reliable.
3. ಫ್ಯಾಮಿಲಿ ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ಯಾರು ಮತ್ತು ನಮಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಏಕೆ ಬೇಕು? Who’s a family doc & we need primarycare - In this episode,listen to Dr BC Rao speak from his 50 years of experience being a family doctor. He shares about who a family doctor is, what are they most relevant now and the importance of strengthening primary health care for ensuring people’s health.

Research Commons Collective has started work on its first project on building accountability within the ESIS and the labour department for better health of workers. Read more and maybe join the group?.

Other Things I Read

1. The Broken Token: Tokenization for Malayalam Language Models - This article helped me understand how subword tokenization works and how the present tokenization methods are bad for agglutinative languages like Malayalam.
   
   
2. The invisible emotional labour sustaining LGBTQIA+ programmes within health organisations - The NGO ecosystem is a very complicated space stretched between funding dynamics, office dynamics, and community work frictions. Between idealism and practicality, and survival and justice. This article talks about the additional struggles that arise for staff who are themselves from the community.
   
   
3. A Cold Dead Universe Full Of Wonder And Meaning - When people talk about "alternative epistemology", what they're often saying is that they would like to engage in mystical thinking, that they want some magic in life. But rationality and science don't destroy magic. This is an article that explains how both can exist simultaneously. 
   
   
4. ‘I’m Not Feeling Excited About The Rest of My Life!’ - Polly is attacking me personally.

Dr Akshay speaking

Swathi and I independently came to the conclusion that we should resume clinical practice. After looking for just over two months, we found a space to set up the physical clinic, in central Bengaluru. Arali Health Centre now does teleconsultations, and will soon be open for physical consultations. Checkout our website.

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