SHRUTI PUSHKARNA

Disability Inclusion: Should the media practise and propagate accessibility? Posted on 19 May,2022 | under COLUMNS On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Shruti Pushkarna asks wonders if we understand enough to care about accessibility

Shruti Pushkarna: Are you really inclusive? Or is it just a lip service? Posted on 05 May,2022 | under COLUMNS What’s your Disability Quotient? Take this quiz by Shruti Pushkarna and figure for yourself

Time to empathise with the caregiver? Posted on 21 Apr,2022 | under COLUMNS Can the media ensure that the caregiver’s everyday battles are not dismissed or forgotten, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Representation matters. Inclusion matters. Disabled lives matter. Posted on 07 Apr,2022 | under COLUMNS Will CODA winning the Oscar change our perception towards deaf inclusion, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Does literature exclude or misrepresent children with disabilities? Posted on 24 Mar,2022 | under COLUMNS One in ten children live with a disability. Is a popular art form like literature doing justice to representation of children with disabilities, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Turning 50: From Preachy to Pragmatic Posted on 10 Mar,2022 | under COLUMNS As Shruti Pushkarna’s fortnightly column turns 50, three cheers to 100 weeks of consistently advocating for diversity and inclusion

It’s not funny! Mocking one’s disability for another’s hilarity Posted on 24 Feb,2022 | under COLUMNS How can apathy towards a sizeable section of the population result in comic relief, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Negotiating their way to compliance Posted on 10 Feb,2022 | under COLUMNS Visually impaired lawyers team up to ensure rights to access, notes Shruti Pushkarna as she interviews lawyer Rahul Bajaj

Shruti Pushkarna: Building a Case for Access in an Exceedingly Digital World Posted on 27 Jan,2022 | under COLUMNS Shruti Pushkarna interviews Rahul Bajaj, a lawyer and Seniors Resident Fellow with the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Shruti Pushkarna: Does disability make social engagements less gratifying? Posted on 13 Jan,2022 | under COLUMNS Isn’t social integration an important step towards inclusion, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Equality & Inclusion: The Year that Wasn’t Posted on 30 Dec,2021 | under COLUMNS It was a year of survival. Shruti Pushkarna hopes for equality and inclusion in this lookback of 2021

World Disability Day: Is it time to question the country’s readiness on disability-friendly policies? Posted on 02 Dec,2021 | under COLUMNS Is India really ready to embrace differences and remove the barriers in inclusion, asks Shruti Pushkarna