"A mother's role never finishes or ceases to be. She is always there for the child", says Bharatanatyam Dancer and Padma Shri Awardee Geeta Chandran who was introduced to dance at the age of 5 and Carnatic music at 7 by her mother. Geeta Chandran's daughter Sharanya Chandran is also a Bharatanatyam dancer and a Development Economist, apart from being a mother of a three-year-old. She has seen her mother carry forward the lessons and values of her grandmother and aims to do the same. Tune in to Mother's Day special Banega Swasth India podcast where we speak with the mother-daughter duo on motherhood, self care, mental well-being and using dance as a tool to create awareness.

Last week of April is marked as World Immunization Week by the world. This year, the week is being celebrated with the theme - 'Long Life For All'. NDTV's Banega Swasth India team speaks with Dr Vivek Virendra Singh, Health Specialist Officer in Charge, Chief of Health, UNICEF about India's COVID-19 vaccination drive, Immunization programmes and the role of vaccines in saving lives.

Tune in for a special interview with Dr Rakesh Mishra, Director, Tata Institute For Genetics and Society and former director of Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–Centre For Cellular And Molecular Biology - as we discuss how India has scaled up its genome sequencing capability and how crucial will this be in not just fighting COVID-19 but also other disease outbreaks.

 

From the new relaxed mask norms to the booster dose and the emergence of new variants, where exactly do we stand at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic? Tune in to Banega Swasth India's special podcast, where we talk to Dr. Rommel Tickoo, Director, Internal Medicine, Max Super Specialty Hospital, as he answers all the queries regarding the present status of the pandemic in India.

Tune in to Banega Swasth India's special podcast, where we talk to Dr. Rani Bang and Dr. Abhay Bang, who are known for their work in providing healthcare in the tribal belt of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra and for transforming the way India tackles high infant mortality and reproductive health in rural areas.

 

Back in 1992, a doctor-couple – Dr Regi George and Lalitha Regi visited Sittilingi valley, a remote tribal village in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. During their visit the doctor duo learned that one out of five babies born here died before they even completed their first year and many mothers died during childbirth. They figured that the problem in the valley was access to healthcare. Disturbed by the lack of healthcare access and the state of people living in the Sittilingi valley, the doctor couple decided to leave everything and move to the valley and dedicate their life in the service of tribal people. Their motto was to provide affordable healthcare lo the people living there.

Tune in to the Banega Swasth India's special podcast, where we talk to Zarina Screwvala, Co-founder, Swades Foundation about how improving access to water and hygiene facilities can help break the gender bias and by extension benefit the communities. 

How closely interlinked are poverty and gender disparity in India? What role should men take up to stand against gender inequality? Anjela Taneja, Lead Specialist- Health, Education and Inequality, Oxfam India talks to team Banega Swasth India about the factors responsible for gender bias in the country. Tune in for the special conversation.

 

In today's episode of Banega Swasth India Podcast, we talk to Susan Ferguson, UN Women Country Representative, about the significance of this year's theme for International Women's Day - Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow. Ms Ferguson explains that climate change's impact is worse on women because they are already further behind. Tune in.

Nidhi Goyal was around 15-year-old when she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressive degenerative eye disorder that mostly renders one blind. Growing up, when a regular teenager would be fascinated by their looks and their dreams, discovering themselves and the world, Ms Goyal, had to spend time unraveling her disability. Breaking all barriers, today, Ms Goyal is a Comedian, Activist and Founder and Executive Director of non-profit organisation Rising Flame. In this special episode of the Banega Swasth India podcast, we speak to Ms Goyal who takes us through her journey of removing 'dis' from her 'ability'.