COVID-19 Pandemic

Listen To Our Episodes On COVID-19 Pandemic

With India entering a critical phase in the fight against this pandemic, we are amplifying our coverage of this outbreak. Here is a list of episodes we have produced so far which looks at what COVID-19 is, what we know so far about it and India’s preparedness; how health inequities and access to health matter in times of pandemic; what social distancing potentially means for the poor of India.

Mar 30, 2022

The ordeal of Delhi's angry Anganwadi workers
On January 31, 2022, around 22000 Anganwadi workers and helpers associated with Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union started their protest. They are seeking recognition as government employees, highe...

28 mins

Jan 24, 2022

Why forcing people to take vaccines doesn't work
Only about 65% of the eligible Indian population above the age of 18 has completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination. With the third wave setting in, many governments announced different kinds of punitive...

19 mins

Jan 19, 2022

All you need to know about Omicron Symptoms, Treatment, Precaution
On this episode of The Suno India Show, our reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Dr Dileep Mavalankar, the Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, and Member Secretary of Gujarat State...

19 mins

Dec 23, 2021

Custodial Torture: Why we don’t take police violence seriously
Indian films with hero cops often glorify police violence. At times, encounter killings are celebrated by the public at large. According to NHRC data, there are five custodial deaths in India every day. The min...

23 mins

Nov 27, 2021

Back to school - How the gap in schooling has caused an education emergency in India
The school closures in India due to the COVID-19 Pandemic have been among the longest in the world. For close to 18 months, 265 million students have not been to school.  The report, “A FUTURE AT STAKE -Organi...

30 mins

Nov 27, 2021

Back to school - What you should need to consider before sending your children to school
For about 18 months, children in India have not gone to school. The school closures have been among the longest in the world. This month, many state and local governments opened physical schools for children. Y...

28 mins

Oct 30, 2021

No land, loan or relief Fate of women farmers in the pandemic
Almost 75% of Indian farmers are women and they produce up to 80% of India’s food, according to British non profit group Oxfam. But one-third of this vast number are unpaid laborers working on family farms. Wom...

34 mins

Oct 29, 2021

Back to the roots for tribal children in Nilgiris
A break from schools due to Covid-19 serves as a blessing in disguise for Irula tribal children who get to learn traditional ways of life from their elders through village elder programmes. For this episode of...

23 mins

Aug 31, 2021

A Gujarat town's example shows how the state undercounted Covid-19 deaths
In Gujarat’s Amreli town, people working with COVID-19 patients, and those working in crematoriums or graveyards do not believe the minuscule official count of COVID-19 deaths- a mere 102.  The Reporters’ Coll...

21 mins

Aug 04, 2021

Dealing with Post-COVID mental health issues
In this episode, host Padma Priya spoke to Dr Kaustubh Joag about increasing incidence of mental health issues like depression and anxiety in post-covid phase and how to deal with them? He also spoke about when...

34 mins