https://www.alterinter.org/ We are social and political movements struggling against social injustices, neoliberalism, imperialism and war. We are building solidarity between social movements at the local, national and international level. More... en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.alterinter.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-c616d.png?1749672047 https://www.alterinter.org/ 42 144 https://www.alterinter.org/?Daya-Varma-1929-2015 https://www.alterinter.org/?Daya-Varma-1929-2015 2015-04-04T13:41:34Z text/html en SACW <p>Dr. Daya Varma, life-long communist, scientist, activist, dreamer, pharmacologist, professor emeritus at McGill University, Montreal, passed away on 22 March 2015 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A former member of the undivided Communist Party of India, he was a founder of Indian People's Association in North America (IPANA) and International South Asia Forum, as well as a founding member of CERAS (Centre d'Étude et Ressources d'Asie Sud) and was on the board of Alternatives, a (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.alterinter.org/?-April-2015-" rel="directory">April 2015</a> <img src='https://www.alterinter.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH113/arton4312-7ed61.jpg?1749679269' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='113' alt="" /> <div class='rss_texte'><p>Dr. Daya Varma, life-long communist, scientist, activist, dreamer, pharmacologist, professor emeritus at McGill University, Montreal, passed away on 22 March 2015 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A former member of the undivided Communist Party of India, he was a founder of Indian People's Association in North America (IPANA) and International South Asia Forum, as well as a founding member of CERAS (Centre d'Étude et Ressources d'Asie Sud) and was on the board of Alternatives, a progressive think tank in Canada.</p> <p>He also founded and edited the INSAF bulletin. Many in India remember how when the 1984 Bhopal Union Carbide industrial disaster struck, where thousands died, Dr. Varma spearheaded a study to monitor the effects of MIC on pregnant women whilst supporting their compensation claims.</p> <p>He was a long time supporter of sacw.net.</p> <p>Some of his recent writings available via sacw are:</p> <p>The Disappearing Left in the "Emerging" India by Dr. Daya Varma<br class='autobr' /> <a href="http://www.sacw.net/article7407.html" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">http://www.sacw.net/article7407.html</a></p> <p>India: CPM Should Learn from Late PC Joshi and Not from Mulayam Singh Yadav by Dr. Daya Varma, Vinod Mubayi, 2 December 2013<br class='autobr' /> <a href="http://www.sacw.net/article6726.html" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">http://www.sacw.net/article6726.html</a></p> <p>In memory of Sudarshan Punhani (1933-2009)</p> <ul class="spip" role="list"><li> <a href="http://www.sacw.net/article920.html" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">http://www.sacw.net/article920.html</a></li></ul> <p>Noted among his other writings are:</p> <p>Book Review: Scanning P.C. Joshi's Biography<br class='autobr' /> by Dr. Daya Varma in: Mainstream, Vol 47, 18 April 2009</p> <p>From Witchcraft to Allopathy by Daya R Varma<br class='autobr' /> in: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - XLI No. 33, August 19, 2006</p> <p>Books:</p> <p>• Medicine, Healthcare and the Raj: The Unacknowledged Legacy by Daya Varma (2015) <a href="http://www.threeessays.com/books/medicine-healthcare-and-the-raj/" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">www.threeessays.com/books/medicine-healthcare-and-the-raj/</a></p> <p>• Reason and Medicine: Art and science of healing from antiquity to modern times by Daya Ram Varma (January 2013)<a href="http://www.threeessays.com/books/reason-and-medicine/" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">http://www.threeessays.com/books/reason-and-medicine/</a></p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.sacw.net/article10894.html" class="spip_url spip_out auto" rel="nofollow external">http://www.sacw.net/article10894.html</a></p></div>