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Watch | COVID-19 and History: What Past Pandemics Tell Us About Death and Infections in India
In his book, The Age of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World , author Chinmay Tumbe chronicles the many facets of past pandemics.
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As many of us live through our first experience of a pandemic, history is often quoted to draw examples and parallels.
In his book,
The Age of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World, Chinmay Tumbe, author and faculty at The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, chronicles the many facets of cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these episodes.
Read more about India failed to prepare for second Covid wave, track variants: IIM-A prof on Business Standard. Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad professor Chinmay Tumbe on Sunday said India failed to prepare for the second COVID-19 wave due to the complacency of the government and society
Leaders Listened to Astrologers, so Haridwar Mela Happened After 11 Years, Not 12 23/04/2021
Huge crowds gathered at Haridwar for the 2021 Kumbh Mela. Photo: Reuters
Kumbh Melas are held every 12 years. The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010. The actual due date for the ‘current’ Kumbh at Haridwar was 2022, not 2021. So how did it get advanced by one whole lethal year at a time India’s second Covid wave was expected? And when epidemiological studies indicate that second waves of infection are always worse than the first. Let me tell you the reason.
It was ‘advanced’ by a year, to 2021, because the ‘astrological configurations’ of the “Sun entering Aries” and “Jupiter entering Aquarius” were available for 2021 this time. This happens once every 83 years, and it happens because of the need to reconcile astrological configuration charts to calendrical years. The calculative arcana of this ‘adjustment’ is beyond my capacity. I suggest none
Kumbh 2021: Astrology, Mortality and the Indifference to Life of Leaders and Stars
The Kumbh is held every 12 years but the Haridwar mela comes 11 years after the last because the Centre and the state government chose to appease astrologers rather than look after public health.
Huge crowds gathered at Haridwar for the Kumbh Mela. Photo: Reuters
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Kumbh Melas are held every 12 years. The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010. The actual due date for the âcurrentâ Kumbh at Haridwar was 2022, not 2021. So how did it get advanced by one whole lethal year at a time India’s second Covid wave was expected and epidemiological studies indicate that second waves of infection are always worse than the first? Let me tell you the reason.