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Synopsis: Join The Straits Times s associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts based on his weekly columns on Asian issues as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.
Ravi argues that while much of the global media has focused on the shortcomings of the Indian government, he sees this as a hybrid, with the effects of the coronavirus as an act of nature - made worse by human errors and emotions, complacency, power play, religion and class issues, and of course, utter misgovernance.
He covers the following reasons for India s seeming Covid collapse as the world watches on:
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Spotlight on child abuse in the Philippines
Filipino outreach worker Erick Reyes was only five years old when he encountered sexual abuse. Life at home was also filled with violence, he tells Philippines correspondent Raul Dancel. Children in the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and domestic violence. One in four Filipino children are sexually abused, a national study has shown. Listen to the podcast here, and watch the poignant video on YouTube.
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