Moushumi Das collects a blood sample of a school student to check for hemoglobin before providing medicine for anemia near Agartala, India (Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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A health worker provides medicine to the students for anemia, on the outskirts of Agartala, Tripura, India (Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)


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Khizr and Ilyas (Elias) at the fountain of life; folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209) (Smithsonian)

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Vishnu ca. 1690 (Victoria & Albert Museum): In this illustration to the Hindu text the 'Vishnu Sahasranama' (The Thousand Names of Vishnu), the god Vishnu is shown being worshipped in several forms at once by groups of devotees.

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Woman massaging her baby with oil, picture taken in Nepal (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Rekha (L), from New Delhi, and Shabnam from Bombay sipping cups of tea in Varanasi during a convention (PAWAN KUMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks at a discussion with the House Freedom Caucus on COVID-19 on Nov 10, 2022 (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)


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A worker prepares roti in the walled city area of New Delhi on November 27, 2022 (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Meetha paan, made of betel leaves filled with tutti-frutti, cherries, dates, betel (areca) nut, slaked lime (chuna; calcium hydroxide) in Little India, Phahurat Market, Bangkok, Thailand (Paul Lakatos/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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The South Asian aging paradox, the miracle of Boroline, why South Asian women disproportionately suffer from anemia, and more.