Kandathil Sebastian

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Ankit Kumar |Kandathil Sebastian |Shantanu Dutta

Latest information on health risks of alcohol released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that while about 20,000 adult persons die from alcohol related cancers in a year in the USA, as many as 25 times this number, or 522,000 (367,000 for women and 155,000 for men) to be precise, alcohol associated cancers occurred in the USA in 2021. It is this larger number that is more relevant, and scary, in countries with lesser levels of health care access and early detection.

Dec 6, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Magilan Karthikeyan |Kandathil Sebastian |Joseph Grosso |Gary M. Feinman

Introduction:It is curious why The Hindu newspaper has chosen to revisit Prof. Nilakanta Sastri’s 1964 lecture at this time, especially when more recent studies have emerged in the field. Contemporary research in anthropological genetics has provided new insights, confirming that Homo sapiens originated in Africa. Studies by Prof. Dr R Pitchappan have further mapped migratory patterns, showing genetic evidence that links the Nadar, Ezhava, and Thiyya communities with the L1 haplogroup.

Nov 29, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Kandathil Sebastian |Shantanu Dutta |Sandeep Pandey |Nizar Visram

Many commuters who passed through the London underground railway stations in the last two weeks were surprised and shocked by seeing posters placed by an organization named Dignity in Dying. In one of those posters, a woman in a striped pink and white pajama is seen dancing in the kitchen saying, “My dying wish is my family won’t see me suffer and I won’t have to”. This advertisement features Sophie Blake, a terminally ill breast cancer patient.

Nov 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Manas Jena |Harsh Thakor |Kandathil Sebastian

I recently travelled in the rural area of Atarra (in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh) at a time when paddy harvest was in full swing. Although mechanization of harvesting has started in this region with some harvesters being brought here all the way from distant places, most of the harvesting is still done manually and in the place where I was staying all the harvesting was being done manually.

Nov 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Kandathil Sebastian |Joseph Grosso |Pema Choden Bhutia |Andre Damon

According to a recent statement by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, 1.3 million Indian students are studying outside India. Their educational expenses abroad are estimated to be more than USD 6 billion. Many of the student migrants settle down in destination countries and continue to contribute to their economies. There are varying approaches to understanding student migration from the source and destination countries.