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In the last week, India has topped 2,000 deaths per day from COVID-19.
Oxygen and drugs to help with acute COVID cases are running out and hospitals are overcrowded.
Meanwhile, Modi is focusing on campaigning for elections instead of focusing on the current crisis.
Peony Hirwani is a culture and political journalist.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
It s time to be very blunt. My nation of India is suffocating due to the surge in COVID cases that has the entire nation s health framework disintegrating. Everyday, we pick up the morning newspaper just to discover that hundreds of people have died, and hospitals are running out of beds, medicine, and oxygen tanks.