because the truth needs to be told
India is teetering at the brink of a crisis unparalleled in its over 70 years of history as a republic. The Covid19 pandemic has thoroughly exposed the health systems in the country, in urban and rural areas. WHO warning has come true, ‘Don’t depend upon anyon... More »
The transition from Lockdown to Unlock has been quite a political stuntmanship in India showing no respect for the actual pandemic situation, the warning of various international health authorities and monitoring agencies. It has now reached its nadir ignoring... More »
With the hype created around Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, citizens were anticipating decisive announcements on the covid19 programme and the flareup at Indo-Chinese and Indo-Nepalese borders. Evidently, the hype was built only t... More »
Come July -India, and particularly Delhi is in for an unprecedented public health crisis. The figures speak for themselves. The increasing death-rate, the increasing Corona-positive patients, low contact mapping, monsoon leading to infections of chikungunya an... More »
As on 5th May 2020, we crossed the dubious milestone of surpassing Italy, the famed covid19 hotspot, in the total number of confirmed cases. In a week’s time, India is poised to cross 3 lakh covid19 positive cases. Much is being made of the early imposition of... More »
Amidst reports of several European countries having turned the corner, WHO has cautioned against exuberance as the world is still in the midst of the first wave of covid19 pandemic. History of pandemics suggests that they go through at least 3 waves before end... More »
While there is an alarming increase in the number of COVID19 infections, India is opening up in a hurry that is not explainable, except that the government now wants the ‘problem of Coronavirus and the attending problems of the country to be out and done with’... More »
Cataclysms inevitably transform national and international political structures. The case in point is the black death (14th-17th centuries) and the two world wars. This is the first part of a two-part analysis of the potential transformations of international ... More »
With a mad rush to boost the economy through easy options like opening liquor vends, relaxation of curfew curbs, starting of truck movement without streamlining interstate modalities, boosting driver confidence and mass movement of migrant labour to home state... More »
At the call of the European Union, many countries, kings, Gates Foundation and singer Madonna pitched in to contribute $8 billion to fund a COVID-19 vaccine. The United States of America stayed away from the fundraiser, China participated but contributing noth... More »
Given the fact that the entire attention of the world is focussed on inventing or discovering a vaccine to save teeming millions in developed, developing and underdeveloped countries, civil rights activist and Delhi University Associate Professor Kumar Sanjay ... More »
The word Lockdown was barely used just a few weeks ago. Now it is part of the general lexicon of newspapers, television shows and common parlance of the educated and the less-educated. Where are we on the threshold of Lockdown 3.0? Delhi University Associate P... More »