05.27.2021 - By Sudha Singh
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Most of us have seen harrowing images in the media of the havoc wrought by the second wave of the pandemic in India and have heard stories of helpless and desperation from family and friends. The missing piece in this conversation is the impact on rural India - which constitutes above 65% of India.
In today's episode I speak with Narendranath Damodaran, Executive Director of PRADAN which is leading on civil society response and working tirelessly with frontline workers to support local communities in the second wave of the pandemic. They work in 9,000 remote and backward villages (in 7 states) touching almost 4.5 million lives every day. In this episode we talk about