Reading List for September (Week 1) by Rochelle D’souza

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Hope you enjoyed reading last week’s articles. I apologise for being a little late this week in sharing articles as I have been down with a little cold but today I am feeling much better. 


Last week I shared a lot of articles related to Afghanistan. I hope it helped you gain some perspective about the issue. This week I’m back to sharing a mix of articles covering various issues. 


I am also happy to share articles recommended by another reader,Sneha Ghatge. She has shared three articles that she enjoyed reading. Thank you Sneha.  This is very encouraging for me. 


I am happy to receive recommendations and feedback from all of you. Do write to me and send articles that you find interesting so that they can be shared with other readers. You can also write if you find these articles helpful and share your thoughts with me. 


I’m also increasing the list of articles to 18, encouraging you to read more. Try to read 2-3 articles everyday. 


The  list for this week has 18 articles and 1  short book that you can read during this week. 


Articles


  1. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/how-good-television-medium-history

  2. https://daily.jstor.org/will-chocolate-survive-climate-change-actually-maybe/

  3. https://daily.jstor.org/the-serpents-of-liberty/

  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/opinion/afghanistan-biden.html

  5. https://gizmodo.com/giant-tortoise-caught-on-video-hunting-and-killing-a-bi-1847536085

  6. https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/teslas-allegedly-hitting-emergency-vehicles-why-it-could-be-happening.html

  7. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/everything-we-know-pandemic-wrong-david

  8. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/social-media-good-history

  9. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-radical-power-of-the-book-index-history-review

  10. https://daily.jstor.org/how-computer-science-became-a-boys-club/

  11. https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/1028505626/daddy-longlegs-genes-genetics-daddy-shortlegs-arachnid

  12. https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-could-one-day-float-an-aerial-robot-above-venus/

  13. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/29/greece-wildfires-political-failure-climate-emergency

  14. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-quantum-world-where-facts-are-relative

  15. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/opinion/climate-change-carbon-neutral.html

  16. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/cuba/2021-08-30/cuban-crackdown

  17. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/costa-ricans-live-longer-than-us-whats-the-secret

  18. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/31/western-economies-business-as-usual-pandemic-free-markets



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Recommendations by Sneha





Happy Reading 



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Comments

  1. PRANAV PurohitSeptember 3, 2021 at 10:35 PM

    Among all the articles that I have read in your reading list this week, I found the article on Costa Rica's secrets to high life expectancy rate very inspiring. The whole study on how Costa Rica's "Prevention is better than cure" strategy negates the notion that public health is highly correlated with that of national average per capita income is an eye opener for the rest of the world. I was trying to draw comparison of Indian system of public health wrt Costa Rica in the same way it was drawn with respect to America. Although there can be many more challenges in which India differs with Costa Rica but there are plentiful of strategies that is mentioned in the article which are only now starting to germinate in India and are yet to be seen to uplift public health to a better position. It is an inspiration in the sense that if a country that was so ravaged with multitude of health crises can raise its life expectancy from a low of 60s to all the way upto 80s, why can't we? As a policy maker of public health system, one must definitely try to understand how to establish a root cause analysis. How to begin with taking seemingly insignificant but crucial steps that converts into a tipping point towards great health like adding fluorine to the toothpaste. Starting the treatment even before a disease takes birth and the efficacy of a public health register which tracks the medical history of every resident, aims at accurate identification and treatment of diseases.
    For those who are interested on how seemingly trivial yet accurate policies can bring about changes never seen before and to know if there is a solution to poverty in India, "Poor Economics" by Abhijit Banerjee is a must read.

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    1. Rochelle D'souzaSeptember 5, 2021 at 10:18 PM

      Poor economics is an interesting read. Thank you for your detailed response.

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