Vidya Krishnan

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Journalist. Nieman'21. Author of #PhantomPlague ✍️🏾Probably listening to a podcast.

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Articles

Western coverage of Gaza: A textbook case of colonisers journalism

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Vidya Krishnan

Israels war on Gaza has exposed the true nature and purpose of Western media. If you have been following Western media to try to make sense of the heartbreaking images and stories coming out of Gaza during Israels invasion, you are bound to be disappointed.
How Bangladesh’s pharma revolution succeeded against the odds

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN MAY 1982, a committee of eight experts submitted a report to Bangladesh’s health ministry proposing an overhaul of the country’s drug regulation regime.
How Bangladesh’s pharma revolution succeeded against the odds

1 month ago | shorturl.at | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN MAY 1982, a committee of eight experts submitted a report to Bangladesh’s health ministry proposing an overhaul of the country’s drug regulation regime.
The massive failures of India’s drug regulatory system

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN DECEMBER 2023, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) for the Indian state of Telangana busted a spurious drug racket in Hyderabad following a tip-off by its Vigilance Cell about a firm named Astrica Healthcare.
Vidya Krishnan

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan

Vidya KrishnanVidya Krishnan is an investigative journalist based in India, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Her work has appeared in The Caravan, the New York Times and The Atlantic, among other publications.
How the WHO leaves poor countries exposed to dangerous Indian drugs

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. EBRIMA SAGNIA had the patient look of a man who had spoken to a lot of journalists. At the age of 45, grief had transformed him, Sagnia said, since he inadvertently poisoned his son, Lamin. “Just imagine, you give your child a syrup hoping he will get better,” Sagnia said.
Dear America - Nieman Reports

Nov 26, 2024 | niemanreports.org | Glenda M. Gloria |Gustavo Gorriti |Manasseh Azure Awuni |Vidya Krishnan

International journalists are hearing echoes. From countries around the world that have witnessed the rise of autocratic and populist leaders, they are watching the U.S. and warning of a characteristic of wounded democracies everywhere: an endangered free press. When Donald Trump sued CBS News for $10 billion over its editing of a Kamala Harris interview, some viewed it as just another tantrum.
Put your skills to work through skills-based job crafting

Nov 21, 2024 | ericsson.com | Vidya Krishnan

Like what you’re reading? The growth of our people drives the growth of our company, especially when the people we have become the people we need, again and again. It’s time to leverage skills-based job crafting to design a career journey where your talents, opportunities and passions intersect. With Ericsson constantly on the move, our ethos Imagine Possible is at the heart of continually reimagining ourselves.
India TB efforts are floundering. That’s bad news for the world.

Aug 22, 2024 | harvardpublichealth.org | Vidya Krishnan

The battle against tuberculosis will be won or lost in India, home to more than one-fourth of the world’s tuberculosis infections in 2023 and 17 percent of deaths from the disease. After years of progress against TB, India is backsliding, and the government’s official target of ending TB—that is, reducing infections by 90 percent—by 2025 is unachievable, say doctors and activists.
Reading Baldwin in New Delhi

Aug 12, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Vidya Krishnan

I was working as a city reporter in the New Delhi bureau of The Indian Express when I first read any of James Baldwin’s writing. I did not know he was Black, nor what being a Black writer in America meant. I also didn’t realize that I’d fallen into a rabbit hole I will never crawl out of. I had found a copy of Go Tell It On the Mountain at a friend’s place and picked it up only because it was short.