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Social media is being used to amplify the requirements of ailing citizens and their families.
New Delhi:
In the last few weeks, India has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country. As India became the second worst-hit country in the world, government departments and healthcare services were found buckling under the surging caseload.
An acute shortage of resources including hospital beds, oxygen and COVID-19 medicines is being reported in various states. In such circumstances, social media apps were used as platforms to amplify the requirements of ailing citizens and their families. Several posts about requests for help and resources on Twitter and Instagram included the contact details of the people making the requests, so as to enable quick communication.
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When I was 4, my family moved from Chennai to Jakarta. When I was 18, I moved to America to pursue my Bachelor’s degree and career opportunities. Therefore, from a young age, I have been a cocktail of cultures: sometimes confused, sometimes misplaced but always inquisitive and respectful of diversity. Stories from my own life and those of other third culture women have inspired
Not Really Indian.
Not Really Indian is a collection of short stories that challenge stereotypes and narrate the tales of women who long to be both Indian and worldly at once.
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