RISHI Voice

A Deeper Understanding of the Social & Health Issues in India and the United States

Anandwan: a Chance for the Stigmatized

Global travel and philanthropy was a foreign concept to me a few years prior to making San Diego my home. This is peculiar because if you ask any of my friends they will tell you that I am obsessed...

Posted by Jordan Todd on November 14, 2015

Leprosy in India

To most of us reading this, curled up in front of our laptops, the thought of Leprosy infection is a far-off, ancient idea that has almost no bearing on the cozy lives we live right now, under the wing of modern health advances. But it does exist...

Posted by Namita Bhopal on September 26, 2014

Polio Eradication

What's all this fuss about polio? Didn’t we get rid of polio over 30 years ago? Sure, in the United States we...

Posted by Tuhina Srivastava on May 11, 2014

Health Education Curriculum for the Children of Anandwan

Since the chapter's founding in 2009, UCSD Project RISHI has been working with a village in rural Maharashtra, called Anandwan, Hindi for Forest of Joy. Last year, we completed a successful trip to India...

Posted by Shilpa Sharma and Anvay Ullal on March 29, 2014

Gender Violence In India

Are people talking about gender violence in India?

Posted by Tuhina Srivastava on January 6, 2014