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Grassroots Nation, is a series in which we deep dive into the life, work and guiding philosophies of some of the country’s most great leaders of social change.

The podcast is co-produced by Vaaka Media.

Part personal narrative, part oral history, each episode gives you, the listener, a chance to revisit watershed moments in India’s past through the eyes of the country’s social architects and find out how they were the catalyst for their life’s calling.

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Breaking Walls & Building Bridges: Dr Anita Patil-Deshmukh

Not many of us would spend years training as a doctor and then choose to live and work in community health in a remote part of rural India. But this is exactly the choice that Drs Abhay and Rani Bang made very early in their lives. On completing their studies, they founded SEARCH – the Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health in 1985, where for nearly forty years, they have transformed health care and service.

In this episode of Grassroots Nation, we discover how, through their work, Drs Abhay and Rani Bang have consistently demonstrated that it is possible to live in rural India and do high impact work, transforming lives on the ground while producing research of the highest level. 

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Courage will Follow if One’s Goal is Clear: Dr Rajesh Tandon

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Where It All Began: Early Influences That Shaped India’s Social Leaders

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In Sickness and In Health : India’s Public Health Story

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Staying Grounded : The Spiritual Practices of Social Leaders

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