How Subir Studies
"I rely on a mix of traditional methods of learning that uses formal pedagogical tools but also complement it with other innovative modes like visual arts and literature besides people's everyday experiences which is practical, analytical and self-reflexive and relies on changes in situations. "
Select Quotes:
On Eliminating Medical Discrimination and Stigma Against People Diagnosed With Mental Illnesses:
"apply 'developmental anthropology' with emphasis on culture be it in terms of sensitivity, awareness, competence or safety..."
"embark on a three-pronged approach - institutional, personnel and cultural."
Institutional:
- "begin by sensitising medical establishments towards the issue and the rising cases of medical illness and discrimination suffered by the patients to set up in-house rules to be followed by the staff everywhere..."
Personnel:
- "activate Grievance Redressal Cells "
- "fix onus on the higher-ups in the medical establishment about complaints against health staff"
- followed by disciplinary action"
Cultural:
- "begin Self-Help Groups and counselling cum recreational activities in hospitals and health care centres "
- "involve members from the community and society to get involved and feel responsible towards their own folks "
- "include Motivational Lectures and Meditation Classes for those suffering from mental illness "
- "tutorials, courses and awareness campaigns on 'health literacy' in the urban and rural areas "
- "educate and inform the public about issues related to mental illness, its commonplace occurrence and the sensitivity required by family, community and society to deal with the issue."
"required educational courses…will encourage better practices with current and future doctors across the India . "
On Why the Study of History Is Still Important
"...gives a trajectory of where we might be in the near future. It is about the peregrination that humankind has covered uptil now and which makes them what we are today."
"...instructs us to draw lessons from the grave follies and blunders committed in the past as much as we should celebrate our glories. "
"An important aspect of studying history is to learn about its polyphonic voices, its complexities and the multiple ways of interpreting the past particularly the voices of the historically oppressed like the indigenous people popularly known as subaltern history. "
"...while science and technology have made lives easier, history makes nations and its people. "
About Subir
"Subir Rana has a PhD in Sociology from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is a Postdoc from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. He is the recipient of many prestigious national and international awards, fellowships and travel grants from educational and research institutions and has published his research in peer-reviewed journals and as chapters in edited books. He has recently been elected as the Vice Ambassador of India (2021-23) for the Applied Anthropology Network (AAN) of the European Association for Social Anthropology (EASA). Apart from his research interests, he also dabbles in extracurricular activities like travelling, doodling, painting and writing about things and events around him besides his penchant for numismatics and philately. His poems and a short story have been published and he has displayed his paintings at University Festivals and showcased his stamp collection at the Single-Page Philately Exhibit organised by the Karnataka Philatelic Society, Bangalore of which he is a Life Time Member. "
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