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Shane @incompleteness.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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Vidya Krishnan - If you are looking for some profound meditation on the catastrophe in India caused by global heating, it will not be found now. That is for the people who come after us

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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Are we already at Ministry of the Future chapter one? “India is being left to die in the heat”, some important and justifiably angry writing by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social aje.news/plufhf

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India is being left to die in the heat

Modi denied climate change for years. Now, as heat deaths mount, his government offers branding instead of protection.

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Basic Books Group @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Today is World TB Day, raising awareness for tuberculosis which still claims 3,500 lives per day. THE PHANTOM PLAGUE by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social is the definitive social history of TB, from its ancient origins to nineteenth-century epidemics to its modern reemergence amongst the global poor.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/03/2026

At least 64 killed, dozens reported missing in Ethiopia landslides, floods aje.news/wks409

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My "state of rural health" series for @PARInetwork debuts today w a story of 2 kids who r besties after meeting at a local exorcism ritual in rural Betul, M.P Also, follow PARI on Insta/ Twitter etc. It is the best eg of archival journalism of rural spaces ruralindiaonline.org/article/of-d...

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Of doctors, demons, and best friend therapies

Rural MP is plagued by a mental health crisis you can spot in events like Betul district’s bhootan mela. Nearly half the state's 54 districts do not have a single mental health specialist

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The orb weaver in my garden pulled an all-nighter. Apparently the zig-zag thingy provides structural integrity to the web + a hiding place for the spider. Form. Function. Flourish.

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Bob Gorman @bobgorman8791.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

In Modi’s India, scandal still embarrasses but rape has become ordinary: The government’s performed outrage over Bill Gates’s Epstein links only underlined its indifference to the routine violence faced by women in India, by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social Via @aljazeera.com bsky.app/profile/vidy...

Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As Modi recoils from #BillGates at AI Summit, I write abt #Epstein scandal & the ordinariness of gangrapes "A govt that cannot, or will not, protect its own women should be far more ashamed of what is ordinary than of what is scandalous." @ajenglish.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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In Modi’s India, scandal still embarrasses but rape has become ordinary

The government’s performed outrage over Gates’s Epstein links underlined its indifference to violence against women.

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kit 👻 🦧 @kitnotmarlowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

they really got my ass by putting a tuberculosis book front and centre in the new nonfiction display only for it to be Bad

phantom plague: how tuberculosis shaped history by vidya krishnan, on a woman's madness by astrid roemer, the adventures of china iron by gabriela cabezón cámara

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Watch the video: “Tuberculosis: New warriors take on an old enemy" @theunion.org World Conference @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI62...

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Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard @niemanfoundation.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Journalists — a friendly reminder: Applications for the $20,000 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism and the $10,000 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism, are due by Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. We’re eager to read your best work. nieman.harvard.edu/awards/

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

"Sitting in the playing hall, notebook on my knee, I saw Erigasi lose piece after piece, the way an animal is stripped to bone, layer by layer, with no escape It was a theatrical affair of the kind that keeps devotees hooked" I wrote about #chess... kinda www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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How chess helped me understand grief

A personal reflection on loss, memory, and the quiet lessons of chess.

Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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How chess helped me understand grief

A personal reflection on loss, memory, and the quiet lessons of chess.

The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 10/12/2025

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“I have always felt removed from [tuberculosis], as though it were a curious relic of medical history rather than a contemporary plague. But early in my first pregnancy…my own blood tested positive for TB.” —Pria Anand

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The Plague That Won’t Die | Pria Anand

As my recent diagnosis shows, tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide—and America is hardly immune.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It was a huge honor for me to moderate a panel with authors of 4 new books on tuberculosis at @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen Big thanks to @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Please watch the recording 👇🏽 youtu.be/rI629blqReM

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Such a generous review of #PhantomPlague in the @nybooks “No city in the world had segregated the rich from the poor as efficiently as #Mumbai,” Krishnan writes. The buildings are perfect breeding grounds for #Tuberculosis. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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The Plague That Won’t Die | Pria Anand

As my recent diagnosis shows, tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide—and America is hardly immune.

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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The Plague That Won’t Die | Pria Anand

As my recent diagnosis shows, tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide—and America is hardly immune.

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Tahir Amin @tahiramin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The TRIPS Agreement has nothing to do with free trade and everything to do with protecting corporate monopolies. It’s why pharma was able to block South Africa from purchasing HIV/AIDS treatments in the '90s and why Moderna and J&J were able to monopolize COVID vaccines.

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Leslie Enane @leslieenane.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“It is in literature that I find everything that is missing in our policies – inspiration, intuition, and courage to imagine a new world.” – @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social #TBSky

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

What an amazing panel with TB book authors @theunion.org conference! Thank you 🙏🏽 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social Handaa Enkh-Amgalan & @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

India’s Powerful Turn to Lawfare to Stifle the Press A spate of new legislation is aimed at curbing free expression By Vidya Krishnan niemanreports.org/india-lawfar...

India’s Powerful Turn to Lawfare to Stifle the Press - Nieman Reports

A spate of new legislation in India is aimed at curbing free expression, writes Vidya Krishnan for Nieman Reports.

Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org · 05/11/2025

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"Few expected [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] to stand up to a foreign delegation on press issues when there’s been little accountability at home," Krishnan writes. Modi has not held a press conference with open availability during his 12 years in power. niemanreports.org/india-taliba...

India Hosts the Taliban, But Not Female Reporters - Nieman Reports

Taliban officials, visiting India, bar women journalists from their press conference

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Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org · 05/11/2025

India hosts the Taliban, but not female reporters. The initial exclusion drew widespread condemnation, and a rare display of solidarity among India’s divided press corps, writes @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social. niemanreports.org/india-taliba...

India Hosts the Taliban, But Not Female Reporters - Nieman Reports

Taliban officials, visiting India, bar women journalists from their press conference

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Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org · 30/10/2025

⚠️ New legislation in India is aimed at curbing free expression, writes @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social. "Official narratives are upheld by marginalizing rival voices by limiting reach, smear campaigns, and lazy innuendo,” said veteran reporter M. Rajshekhar. niemanreports.org/india-lawfar...

India’s Powerful Turn to Lawfare to Stifle the Press - Nieman Reports

A spate of new legislation in India is aimed at curbing free expression, writes Vidya Krishnan for Nieman Reports.

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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

From July: The aid that global health has depended on so much and for so long was never purely humanitarian. It was always strategic: it came with strings attached. @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes:

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health but we can fight back

Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

100% tariff on branded meds made in India. A hundred percent! This is going to impact not just domestic generic manufacturers but global health orgs that rely on Indian made meds. Just what global health needed rn. thewire.in/trade/trump-...

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Trump Announces 100% Tariffs on Pharma Imports

America is India's largest export market for pharmaceutical goods.

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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

From July: Aid defined global health assistance, and it supported structures of dependency rather than promoting self-sufficiency. It meant funding was available for programmes such as population control but not for overall investment in health systems. @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes:

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health but we can fight back

Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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From July: "It's easy to blame #DonaldTrump 's aid cuts for the ongoing collapse of the global health order. But the truth is that his executive orders have simply pushed ineffective and failed structures of global health off the proverbial cliff," @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health but we can fight back

Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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'White Lilies left me wondering how our cities can be the reason for our griefs, while grieving with us.' We loved this review of @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social 's White Lilies from across the border! White Lilies is now in bookstores and online. www.thedailystar.net/books-litera...

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For wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving

Approximately 105 people die every minute globally. This is nothing but data until in some specific wretched minute, someone dear to us adds a plus one to that digit. When those we love die, their los...

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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Delighted that 4 amazing authors will join Union TB conference this year! Thrilled to be moderating the panel with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, @mariasmilios.bsky.social, Handaa Enkh-Amgalan, @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social Read about their TB books 👇🏽 communities.springernature.com/posts/tb-an-...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This toolkit seems even more relevant today Eye on Global Health developed this Decolonisation Toolkit, which aims be a visual document that encourages global professionals to rethink their individual and collective engagement in achieving a decolonised world eyeonglobalhealth.com/decolonising...

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Decolonising Global Health

In early summer 2024, Eye on Global Health picked up the task of writing our own Decolonisation Toolkit. This Decolonisation Toolkit aims to be a visual document that encourages global professional…

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In this interview Stuart Pivar (Epstein's bestie) compares his perversion to "having Tuberculosis". It is so messed up coz TB patients are stigmatized for having a persistent cough. Besides that, totally the same thing as industrial-scale pedophilia. Sure. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I always loved this 2019 interview with one of Jeffrey Epstein's best friends where he complains people are being very unfair to his friend Jeffrey because he had a disease called being a huge pervert not unlike tuberculosis. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Was it a struggle for him? Did he ever—

I wouldn’t say struggle. He didn’t struggle with it. He was in a position financially to yield to it, big time. But nevertheless, he could not help himself. I’ve seen him do things which he couldn’t—couldn’t help himself, he was afflicted with it. If he had tuberculosis it wouldn’t be called a perversion, would it? Because he coughed too much?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die
July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024.

Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to watch them die.

One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.”

Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness.

Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.”

Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%.

AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

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Beanewood Commafurbatch Ending @beanedictc.dftba.social · 18/07/2025

Absolutely incredible conversation with @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social just happened on the @tbfighters.org YouTube channel. I highly recommend checking out the recording! www.youtube.com/live/6JIINQi...

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Live Q&A with Vidya Krishnan on Phantom Plague — TBReaders

YouTube video by TBFighters

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Vidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My grandfather would’ve been proud—he loved Reader’s Digest. Now I’m in it! I think his old collection still sits on my uncle’s shelf. Thank you, ‪@readersdigest.bsky.social‬ for your interest.

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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

With the recent cuts in Western aid, global health is collapsing. The question is: How could decades of what the powers of global health insisted on calling “sustainable” progress be so swiftly undone? @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes:

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back

Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health but we can fight back

TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 12/07/2025

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The Indian government pressured Dr. Udwadia to retract his paper, attempting to sweep his warning of severe antibiotic resistance under the rug. India's TB burden is high, yet in Ch 12 of #PhantomPlague, we learn how the government denied the growing TB problem. #TBReaders

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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Aid defined global health assistance, and it supported structures of dependency rather than promoting self-sufficiency. It meant funding was available for programmes such as population control but not for overall investment in health systems. @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes: