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The second wave of coronavirus has led to an acute shortage of resources across the country. Every day, news articles and social media platforms are full of requests for plasma, oxygen concentrators, and even food services.
When Lucknow-based serial entrepreneur Shrishti Sahu failed to get reliable help when 18 members of her family, including herself, were infected by COVID-19, she realised something needed to be done.
“I was seeing these people just waiting for plasma donors, who never showed up. Families were breaking down in front of me, and I felt so helpless,” recalls Shrishti.
She decided to build Verified Covid Leads (VCL), a platform that would aggregate verified data from different sources for people to access easily.
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A Delhi municipal worker stands next to the remains of vehicles, steel cupboards and other materials on a street vandalised during the violence in New Delhi, India on February 27, 2020 [File: AP/Altaf Qadri]
After the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019, India’s Muslim community, civil rights activists and concerned citizens, occupied public spaces in an unprecedented manner to register their protest and protect India’s constitutional promise of secularism.
The protesters, however, faced vilification, police violence and a harsh media trial that branded them “anti-national” and “jihadi”. This perception was built by the governing Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as they led one of the most communally charged electoral campaigns in Delhi ahead of the regional elections.