SHRUTI PUSHKARNA

Shruti Pushkarna: Is the media guilty of making assumptions about the disabled? Posted on 02 Jul,2020 | under COLUMNS Society tends to see a disabled person not as an individual with unique characteristics and varied interests but as part of a ‘collective’ grappling with challenges of daily existence, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Hamstrung by Lockdown Restrictions? Imagine the Reality of the Disabled! Posted on 18 Jun,2020 | under COLUMNS There’s a lesson in ‘acceptance’ to learn from those who have lived with limitations longer, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Is the Battle for Inclusion being fought with an Exclusive Mindset? Posted on 04 Jun,2020 | under COLUMNS If the disabled are not included in the disaster management scheme of things, that’s 26.8 mn people wiped off the country’s face in an instant, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Is our understanding of ‘accessibility’ limited by an ableist approach? Posted on 21 May,2020 | under COLUMNS Is it really so difficult or expensive or time-consuming to grant equal access to all spaces and services, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Does anyone care about the woes of the disabled? Posted on 07 May,2020 | under COLUMNS The needs and challenges of Persons with Disabilities have not been fully considered in the Covid-19 medical crisis and the subsequent logistical breakdown, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Is Coronavirus also inflicting some life lessons at us? Posted on 23 Apr,2020 | under COLUMNS It might sound strange but coronavirus is not all bad news, writes Shruti Pushkarna. In the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed unified action, individual contributions and immense perseverance to fight a crisis, collectively

Does the Current Crisis call for Greater Social Responsibility? Posted on 09 Apr,2020 | under COLUMNS While guidelines have been issued for the disabled, the implementation is shoddy, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Coronavirus crisis: Have we Overlooked the Disabled Population? Posted on 26 Mar,2020 | under COLUMNS Spreading awareness about the easily affected (and ignored) sections of the population is critical, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Does the Indian media really care about the disabled? Posted on 12 Mar,2020 | under COLUMNS It’s a shame that the media in this day and age of technology hasn’t bothered to get a clear picture of what remains inaccessible, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: What’s with the shallow news coverage on disability? Posted on 27 Feb,2020 | under NEWS Mainstream media seems uninterested in the grave issues facing the disabled population, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Time to welcome Diversity in Radio? Posted on 13 Feb,2020 | under COLUMNS Radio fascinates visually impaired people, because they can easily relate to it and there is no discrimination there, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Listen up, Content Developers Posted on 30 Jan,2020 | under COLUMNS It’s time for the media to own up and contribute to the transformation of attitudes towards disability, writes Shruti Pushkarna