Far from the Madding Crowd

Rural India is often imagined as slow and serene, without the stress of urban life. The reality couldn’t be further from this idyllic vision.

Ramani Atkuri begins this session with a reading from her new book, Staying Alive, an honest account of the common health challenges faced by rural and tribal India. Following this, she joins Bobby Joseph and Pooja Prasanna for a conversation on health inequality. The session then opens to audience questions.

How do government policies impact someone living in a natural forest rather than a concrete jungle? Where do people go when they fall ill?