Support LCAhttps://lightscameraazadi.in/support-lca/https://www.patreon.com/azadiAashish Gupta - https://twitter.com/aashishg_Payal Hathi - https://twitter.com/aashishg_Aditi Priya - https://twitter.com/aditipriya_0301Guest ProfileAashish Gupta is a demographer. He holds a Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA in development studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Payal is a PhD student in Demography and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Fellow at r.i.c.e. Her research interests center on social inequality and health.Aditi Priya is the founder of Bahujan Economists and is an upcoming graduate student at Brown University.Timestamps3:30 Life journey of Aashish and Payal16:15 Some eye-opening incidents 20:10 Research and challenges in explaining the work they do to friends & fa32:53 Summarizing the sanitization work and is it connected to life expectancy. 42:45 Presence of caste in the indicators and other religions.50:30 Sanitation workers and their struggles. The situation in government hospitals1:00:10 Understanding the research on life expectancy1:18:00Hypothesis on why life expectancy is low in Dalits and Adivasis 1:38:00Changes in life expectancy in each state1:43:20Response from academiaImportant LinksJoothan -https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Joothan/0i5TtbXz36IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcoverAnnihilation of Castehttps://www.amazon.in/Annihilation-Caste-B-R-Ambedkar/dp/9391523390/ref=asc_df_9391523390/?tag=googleshopdes-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=545019405814&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9892539633617798177&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007765&hvtargid=pla-1570789976633&psc=1Gender and caste inequality, and their role in persistence of environmental health harms https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X21002977https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/1/review-rural-affairs/understanding-open-defecation-rural-india.htmlWhy a Dangerous Lack of Hygiene Persists in Government Hospitalshttps://www.epw.in/journal/2020/16/special-articles/caste-prejudice-and-infection.htmlFor a Bahujan Economicshttps://www.theindiaforum.in/article/bahujan-economicsSome Key findings by Aashish, Payal, and Aditihttps://twitter.com/aashishg_/status/1511528299079553024