A monotonous “global” style of building now dominates new construction in major cities of the world, including Delhi, often making them look homogenous. The result is a loss of sense of place and belonging, transforming a city into a mere space and not a place of belonging.
As journalists visit hospitals and crematoriums to get the much-needed information, they risk contracting the illness and as they recover, newsrooms have a tough task running their news broadcast
Now, with Covid ravaging the country, desperate Indians have taken to Twitter to ask for oxygen cylinders or beg hospitals for an open bed. The crisis has been exacerbated by the governmentâs concealment of critical information. Between Indiaâs long history of hiding and undercounting illness deaths and its much more recent history of restraining and suppressing the press, Modiâs administration has made it impossible to find accurate information about the virusâs hold in the country. Blocking that information will only hurt millions within the country. It will also stymie global efforts to stop the Covid-19 pandemic, and new variants of the virus, at Indiaâs border.