As hope gives way to scepticism on the ground, the interim government is facing the heat over inflation and an uncertain law and order situation.

It is a rather facetious health argument in a country struggling to control anaemia, protein energy malnutrition and one that is still unsure how to provision for its burgeoning geriatric population.

Over the years, state governments, despite launching health schemes, have failed to regulate private hospitals.

Sharmistha Mukherjee's book 'Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers' brings to the fore observations and apprehensions recorded in the former president's personal diary, which were never made public during his lifetime.

The trivialisation of this issue has as much been India’s bane as the reluctance to address the root causes behind it without shame and manufactured outrage.

It is an erudite, even if a tad bit sanitised world view for the consumption of a mind that is still being formed. 

Not detecting TB cases means worse outcomes for the patient, more cases among first degree contacts and in the long run, rising incidence of drug-resistant TB.