In India’s fight against coronavirus, one arm failed miserably — Parliament
MPs were warning about the severity of Covid-19. But Modi govt, whose AYUSH Ministry kept advocating homeopathy, didn’t wake up until Kanika Kapoor incident.
Coronavirus was a test of secular nationalism. Then Tablighi Jamaat became the scapegoat
The Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin would concern any country. But PM Modi must immediately rein in his media and social media supporters communalising it.
Dear Muslims, Tablighi Jamaat committed a crime against humanity. Don’t defend them
I am not encouraging Islamophobia, it is a prejudice that needs fierce opposition but if this isn’t plain stupidity in the name of Allah, then what is?
Here’s how the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown can be India’s last
India is at a stage where it can control the coronavirus outbreak and better its healthcare. It just needs a digital push and vigilant contact tracing.
Overburdened Supreme Court can use Covid lockdown period to change Indian judiciary for good
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for Supreme Court to reassess how it plans to go about its functioning once this health crisis goes away.
In fight against coronavirus, India has age on its side. Numbers show
India is too diverse for any Western mathematical model to correctly predict the impact of coronavirus.
Noida’s migrant worker exodus is more about their notions of ‘home’ than coronavirus: Study
Our research in Noida for the past two years shows many poor migrant workers do not think of city of work as their home. They are treated as outsiders and live in cramped spaces.
Tablighi Jamaat congregation and how religion has been the ‘super spreader’ of coronavirus
In episode 432 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the role of religion in the spread of coronavirus.
India’s fight against Covid-19 needs wartime industrial production, not more red tape
A credible industrial response during the coronavirus lockdown will translate into better provisioning for India’s overall healthcare sector in future.
Modi emerged from poverty but his govt is blind to the poor
The Modi govt seems to have worked harder on its own public-relations battle than on figuring out how lockdown would affect India’s poorest people.
India’s Covid-19 exodus isn’t like Partition but 2020 has one thing in common with 1947
Covid-19 & Partition share one key element which leaders today overlooked as cavalierly as the founders of India and Pakistan did in 1947: Fear.
Is there a risk of Modi govt using Covid-19 to curb media and freedoms or is it necessary?
Surveillance is becoming a key concern during the Covid-19 crisis. The Supreme Court has also directed media to publish the official version of the developments.
Defence
Ready to operate beyond mandate to fight the pandemic: CDS Bipin Rawat
In interview to ThePrint, Rawat also says Quick Reaction Medical Teams (QRMTs) have been readied to mobilise at short notice to meet the requirements of civil administration.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.