Charcha 2020: Solving India's most pressing problems Bingepods

How will water, sanitation and hygiene look like in the post coronavirus world? And how are the governments expected to address such issues?

This is Vanita Suneja from WaterAid India in conversation with G Mathivathanan, Principal Secretary, of Urban Development for the Govt of Odisha, Akhila Shivadas, from the Centre for Advocacy and Research, Manvita Baradi from the Urban Management Centre in Ahmedabad, and Sandeep Khare from Vigyan Foundation.

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The recent exodus of migrant workers that we witnessed in the initial days of the lockdown is closely linked to land and property rights. A majority of the rural population is still landless, can anybody hope to empower citizens without land, property and safe housing?

What compelled such large number of people to migrate to the cities in the first place?

Ashif Shaikh, founder of Jan Sahas a community-based organisation, founded in 2000 to protect human rights of socially excluded communities talks about his work on land and property rights for the rural masses.

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With limited resources in place in this pandemic, the need of the hour is for the public and private sector to come together to make our healthcare more robust. 

While COVID-19 overwhelms the entire health system, vulnerable groups with non-COVID-19 health issues also face the brunt of this overload. How can we mitigate the impact on them and ensure access to healthcare?

This is Dr Shailendra Hedge from Piramal Swasthya, in conversation with renowned surgeon Devi Shetty and Ashoka Alexander, Founder-Director of The Antara Foundation, a non-profit focused on public health delivery.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended a lot of our systems necessitating us to innovate in newer ways of working around existing structures. Indian Courts are one of those institutions that post the lockdown have been forced to look at what potential changes need to happen and how the future can be re-imagined.

What are some of the opportunities that are being explored in courts so that justice can be served better? 

This is Supriya from Agami, in conversation with Justice Ravindra Chavan, former Judge at the Bombay High Court and Sajan Poovayyah, Senior Advocate from Bangalore. Tune in!

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One terrible consequence of this pandemic, is that it will reverse some of the good work that the social sector put into into uplighting people from poverty and giving them a life of dignity. The social sector that has been so crucial in this moment of crisis, is equally hit like other sectors. And it’s important for them to be heard so they can be empowered in the process of recovery.




In this episode of Charcha 2020, leaders from some of India’s biggest non-profits talk about how COVID-19 impacted their functioning and what are they doing to deal with it.




This is Ujwal Thakar, ex-CEO, Pratham Education in conversation with Dr. Madhav Chavan, Co-founder and President of Pratham, Safeena Husain, Founder of Educate Girls, Matthew Spacie, Founder & Executive Chairman of Magic Bus and Shridhar Venkat, CEO of the Akashaya Patra Foundation.

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The Quint and The Nudge brings to you Charcha 2020 — a platform for India's development sector to come together and engage on the most pressing human development challenges on issues of gender, policy, law, climate change, social development and much more.




The role of journalists is critical in a pandemic as it is in any moment of crisis. It's not just about bringing information to the masses but also about holding up a mirror to all the citizens and extending justice to the last mile. What are the challenges of reporting in this pandemic? What kind of paradigm shifts is journalism witnessing as physical movements of people remain restricted?




This is Gaurav Jain, from Agami an organisation that inspires and enables ideas for law and justice in conversation India's top journalists Faye D'Souza and Barkha Dutt. Tune in!

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