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Why We Should Collectively Mourn the COVID Dead


Why We Should Collectively Mourn the COVID Dead
To have the state acknowledge the deaths might well give us the necessary sense of purpose we need to surmount this period in time.
Family members of Vijay Raju, who died due to COVID-19 mourn before his cremation at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, May 13, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Samuel Rajkumar
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In the past month or so, there have been repeated news reports of how entire pages in newspapers are filled with obituaries, how attempts to number the dead are failing and journalists are trying to put together numbers by counting the dead listed in hospital registers, those awaiting their final rites in ambulances outside cremation grounds and cemeteries, and so on. There is no certainty about how many have died and while we publish a set of numbers every day, those are recognised to be only a part of the whole, a whole we are never likely to know. ....

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Partition Museum and other centres will hopefully outlast the events of today, says Lady Kishwar Desai


Partition Museum and other centres will hopefully outlast the events of today, says Lady Kishwar Desai
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April 21, 2021 14:24 IST
As the iconic Partition Museum, Amritsar, wins ‘Best Wider World Tourism Project’, Lady Kishwar Desai speaks on the future of history tourism amid the pandemic
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As the iconic Partition Museum, Amritsar, wins ‘Best Wider World Tourism Project’, Lady Kishwar Desai speaks on the future of history tourism amid the pandemic
As one of the pillars of India’s recorded history, the Partition Museum in Amritsar located in the graceful red brick Town Hall has made the country proud, winning the ‘Best Wider World Tourism Project’ award at the British Guild of Travel Writers International Tourism (BGTW) Awards 2020, held online on April 18 in the United Kingdom. ....

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International tourism awards: Partition Museum wins Best Wider World Tourism Project


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Amritsar, April 20
The Partition Museum in Amritsar has won the Best Wider World Tourism Project award at the British Guild of Travel Writers International Tourism (BGTW) Awards 2020, held this Sunday in the UK, despite stiff competition from other international tourism projects. It was rated as “first class” and the “most innovative and important tourism project” with a positive impact on community, according to Simon Willmore, chair of BGTW.
Taking the lead
The Partition Museum beat global tourism projects include the Macon Music Trail in Georgia, USA; the Michinoku Coastal Trail in Honshu, Japan; the Nelson Mandela Capture Site Museum and Visitor Centre in Howick, South Africa; Remando por la Paz/Rafting for Peace in Colombia and the Soqotra Heritage Project in the Gulf of Aden. ....

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