Vasundhra - Author at Anthroholic - Anthropologist

Vasundhra

Vasundhra began her journey as an anthropologist in India, drawn to people, their stories, traditions, and ancestry. Her work has taken her from tribal villages and nomadic landscapes to advanced laboratories studying the human past, where she witnessed how deeply culture, environment, and policy shape health outcomes. Her fieldwork with pastoral nomads in Leh-Ladakh revealed how climate change quietly erodes livelihoods and health security, while her research at BITS Pilani during the COVID-19 pandemic explored the psychosocial dimensions of resilience and well-being. These experiences shaped her conviction that health is inseparable from its social and cultural context. Transitioning into policy research, she worked on a project on affordable generic medicines in Karnataka, collaborating with doctors, entrepreneurs, and communities to evaluate India’s largest public health initiative. This experience underscored for her the systemic barriers to healthcare access and the need for policies informed by lived realities. Now pursuing a Master’s in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and complementing it with courses in environmental economics and food sustainability at the Graduate Institute, Vasundhra continues to bridge anthropology and policy. Her work reflects a commitment to advancing health equity by addressing the social, cultural, and structural determinants that shape human well-being.
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The concept of a ‘group’ serves as a cornerstone in social anthropology, providing essential insights into the structures and dynamics that define human social interaction.

Group

The concept of a ‘group’ serves as a cornerstone in social anthropology, providing essential insights into the structures and dynamics that define human social interaction.

Blood transfusion is a common medical procedure where donated blood or blood components are transferred into a person's circulatory system. This life-saving process can be crucial in various situations such as surgeries, trauma, severe anemia, or conditions that affect blood clotting.

Blood Transfusion

Blood transfusion is a common medical procedure where donated blood or blood components are transferred into a person's circulatory system. This life-saving process can be crucial in various situations such as surgeries, trauma, severe anemia, or conditions that affect blood clotting.

Neuro-anthropology, a relatively new sub-field of anthropology, offers fascinating perspectives on human experience by weaving together biological and cultural approaches. It investigates how our neurobiology interacts with our socio-cultural environment and how these two dimensions shape the complexity of human behavior.

Neuro-Anthropology

Neuro-anthropology, a relatively new sub-field of anthropology, offers fascinating perspectives on human experience by weaving together biological and cultural approaches.

Biomedical Anthropology is a subfield of biological anthropology that integrates the principles of biology and medicine with the culture and traditions of different societies to better understand the determinants of health, disease, and the treatment thereof.

Biomedical Anthropology

Biomedical Anthropology is a subfield of biological anthropology that integrates the principles of biology and medicine with the culture and traditions of different societies to better understand the determinants of health, disease, and the treatment thereof.

The evolution of life on Earth is a complex process, resulting in a rich biodiversity of species. A crucial tool for understanding this diversity is classification, a method for organizing life forms into hierarchical categories.

Classification of Animal Kingdom

The classification of the animal kingdom has journeyed from simple, observation-based categorization to sophisticated, data-driven systems reflecting evolutionary relationships.

The Theory of Cosmic Origin, often referred to as panspermia, is a scientific hypothesis suggesting that life exists throughout the universe and is dispersed via cosmic dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets, and other celestial bodies.

Theory of Cosmic Origin – Panspermia

The Theory of Cosmic Origin, often referred to as panspermia, is a scientific hypothesis suggesting that life exists throughout the universe and is dispersed via cosmic dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets, and other celestial bodies.

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are great apes renowned for their high cognitive abilities and complex social structures, closely paralleling those of humans.

Chimpanzee

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are great apes renowned for their high cognitive abilities and complex social structures, closely paralleling those of humans

Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, provide a fascinating lens into primate behavior, evolution, and conservation. Although they are biologically distinct from us, their complex societies, behavioral patterns, and genetic similarity offer anthropologists valuable insights into human evolution and our shared primate heritage.

Gorilla

Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, provide a fascinating lens into primate behavior, evolution, and conservation. Although they are biologically distinct from us, their complex societies, behavioral patterns, and genetic similarity offer anthropologists valuable insights into human evolution and our shared primate heritage.

Ethnopoetics, as a literary and anthropological term, refers to the study and interpretation of non-western oral literatures or "ethnographic texts", including indigenous or tribal poetries and stories.

Ethnopoetics

Ethnopoetics, as a literary and anthropological term, refers to the study and interpretation of non-western oral literatures or "ethnographic texts", including indigenous or tribal poetries and stories.

Literary Anthropology is an exciting intersection between literature and anthropology that aims to understand human societies and cultures through the lens of literary texts.

Literary Anthropology

Literary Anthropology is an exciting intersection between literature and anthropology that aims to understand human societies and cultures through the lens of literary texts.

Language and gender have been pivotal areas of anthropological research for decades, examining the ways in which language both reflects and constructs gender identities and relations.

Language and Gender

Language and gender have been pivotal areas of anthropological research for decades, examining the ways in which language both reflects and constructs gender identities and relations.

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, a seminal concept in the field of linguistic anthropology, posits a relationship between language, thought, and culture, emphasizing that our understanding and perception of reality are influenced by the language we use

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, a seminal concept in the field of linguistic anthropology, posits a relationship between language, thought, and culture, emphasizing that our understanding and perception of reality are influenced by the language we use