A few good doctors: Ink

Ink is a new magazine that will showcase long-format journalism. That's something that I find immediately attractive, because I'm always searching for ways to write at greater length, to explore a theme to greater depths, than an oped article allows.

The inaugural issue (May 2011) is out. The cover story is an essay I wrote. Its impact is immeasurably enhanced by photographs my good friend Tom Pietrasik took. This was on a trip we did together to Chhattisgarh.

It being early days still, the magazine is not yet widely available on the stands. But you can see the e-version here. The essay is called "A Few Good Doctors". Note Tom's photograph on the cover and navigate to page 24 to read it and see his other photographs.

Reality in those eyes

I was especially struck by the man's eyes -- this photograph was taken by my friend Tom Pietrasik and features in his post about mining in Jharkhand.

Tom and I just got done spending several days in Chhatisgarh. Watch this space (and his, and maybe others) for some of what we learned about rural health.