What astounded Alexander’s chroniclers in 327 BC about Indians is true in 2021 AD. Indifference to what doesn’t affect me directly. While armies fought, farmers would keep ploughing their fields calmly in adjoining habitations. Just as everything from electioneering to Kumbh to farm protests goes on as a pandemic rages.
Leaders should emulate Rahul Gandhi’s move to suspend rallies. EC must club remaining phases
Rahul Gandhi has made a good move by suspending all poll rallies in West Bengal with rising Covid cases. We hope other leaders will do so too. India is facing a war-like emergency. Fight against this menace must be collective, not partisan. EC must combine remaining voting phases into one.