The Remaking Of India
A Covid-19 test. (representative image)
Snapshot
There is much to learn from the Indian experience with the virus.
Any government must have a body that is paranoid and focuses on what could go wrong.
There needs to be a healthy and constructive balance between the optimists and the prudent ones inside the government.
I just happened to come across the article in
Financial Times (FT) by Ramachandra Guha (âThe unmaking of Indiaâ, 30
April 2021). The comments in the article by Guha reflect the widespread anger and resentment at the deaths and the personal sufferings that many have experienced directly or indirectly.
Grief, anger, frustration and cynicism are colliding in personal and public space and the convergence has left millions afraid and alone, fearful and lonesome.
Covid-19: Epidemic of wilful blindness
Grief, anger, frustration and cynicism are colliding in personal and public space and the convergence has left millions afraid and alone, fearful and lonesome.
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Medics check patients at a clinic who are having cold and cough in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. (File Photo | PTI)
Grief, anger, frustration and cynicism are colliding in personal and public space and the convergence has left millions afraid and alone, fearful and lonesome. The vignettes of angst and anxiety streaming onto mobile devices are vivid.
The magnitude of the surge and the resultant crisis is manifest in the data and the images. On Friday, India recorded 2,34,692 cases and 1341 fatalities that is 162 cases every minute and a death nearly every minute. To get a sense of the surge consider this: In just 60 days, the count of active cases has shot over ten times from 1.38 lakh to 16.7 lakh between February 16 and April 17 and the
Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi s extradition to India cleared by UK Home Ministry
A UK court in its earlier verdict had said that Nirav Modi not only has a case to answer in the Indian courts but that there is no evidence to suggest he would not receive a fair trial in India.
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United Kingdom s Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi wanted in India in cases of fraud and money laundering.
On February 25, a Westminster Magistrates Court had allowed Modi s extradition.
The UK court in its verdict had said that Nirav Modi not only has a case to answer in the Indian courts but that there is no evidence to suggest he would not receive a fair trial in India.