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Write with me , on Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

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 Let's start with a pitch, Drug-resistant tuberculosis Causes of drug-resistant tuberculosis Drug-resistant TB treatment Preventing drug-resistant tuberculosis Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) Tuberculosis prevention strategies Drug-resistant TB statistics Considering the above given are the words in your mind// How do you want to position? Well, that will depend a lot on what you have right ?  So, let's explore,  For instance :  PITCH on rising DR-TB cases- India <Context: The increase in multi-drug resistant cases of tuberculosis is emerging as a global public health concern and India records one of the highest numbers of cases in the world> *Though TB is treatable and curable, if not treated properly it can be fatal. A deadly form of TB exists which is drug-resistant TB which occurs when bacteria become resistant to the drugs used to treat TB. DR-TB is also spread through the air and If untreated it is far more dangerous than other

News Curation and Scriptwriting

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  News Curation and Scriptwriting  TASK 1. News Curation  World - Geopolitics   • 1. Sudan crisis  https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/5/24/can-the-current-ceasefire-stop the-fighting-in-sudan - Aljazeera report- May 24, 2023  Timeline and details of the issue: https://youtu.be/lDfhxMwoyWo Vox explainer  https://maktoobmedia.com/world/chad-on-the-brink-how-war-in-sudan-hurts-its-fragile neighbour/- Maktoob  • 2. Gaza bombings   Explaining the backdrop with the Palestinian struggle for freedom   Israel war crimes:   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/27/israel-attacks-on-gaza-may-constitute-war crimes-un-rights-chief   https://www.palestinechronicle.com/for-15th-day-in-a-row-israeli-forces-impose-siege-on palestinian-village-near-ramallah/   • 3. G20 summit -  (what it means and why was it in news)  - Breaking down the chronology into simpler form  - And explaining the beautification drive that resulted in evictions  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/jam

A site map view.

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First rough draft of the website prototype

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Website Prototype

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CV- 17-2018

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CV- 2021-22

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CV -2023

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2018 - For Krantikali

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The good team.  Why is this something KrantiKali's new feminist zine should carry out? Ans: To my observation many mainstream media do not find minority issues, women issues etc fancy enough to be aired and so I find this platform would be of great help for me to let a larger circle know a culmination of stories that would initiate discourses on the same. 2. What is new about this pitch of yours? Ans: My writeup wouldnt be confined to my story alone, I can assure you to bring in content from people who want their voice to be well framed into sentences and disseminated. It wont be self centred and a mere stunt. 3. Which medium will you present your piece in the zine? Ans: I have been doing audio,video and written projects in college. I am comfortable in these areas too. For this pitch I have chosen the " Short article" form.   PROGRESSIVE SAVIOUR FIGURES; A FARCE Its 21 st century and women are liberated – “The frog in the well” dude. Be grateful for the freedom that your

In conversation with Selvam

  Transcription- D Selvam / Kannappar Thidal--- Tamil/English- Athira Elssa Johnson                                                         18-01-2023 D SELVAM—WHAT IS REPORTED V/S WHAT HAPPENED  In reality it is in 1997 that the shift happened -- govt record as per it is the year 2000, accounts prakaram Govt list - one year Selvam has been trying to make a list of this  January 2002— family card—govt ID ellam vech 100+ ppl vech erpad panni –fought with the dist collector  –one-year ayt--  Now, MLA won’t help – SC— I Paranthamen —despite Egmore being a reserved constituency – he would visit everywhere else but not here—now half a kilometer nearby 2000 houses was built but we didn’t get any aid like that He is also SC/ST but won’t help-- POLITICAL APATHY KP 2000 houses were built-- State govt –on the way to Egmore railway station pora vazhilu -CMD office-- Tharamuthu Nataragan Maligai—state govt CMD office--- ppl from the road were given night shelters—they gave houses and night shel