One year of Covid-19: How well did India cope when it came to the lives and deaths of its people?

An excerpt from the ‘Introduction’ to ‘India and the Pandemic: The First Year’, Essays from The India Forum.

Faizi Ahmad

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CJ Kuncheria

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C Rammanohar Reddy

· Feb 15, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘Clock strikes, death awaits’: Remembering Abdul Khader and the heroic ‘Penang 20’ freedom fighters

Four men who had been trained in Malaya to fight the British colonisers in India were hanged in Madras Jail exactly 77 years ago. This is their story.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Sep 10, 2020 · 06:30 am

The Readers’ Editor writes: Scroll.in readers must take ownership of the office that reports to them

‘I leave this wonderful publication after two very interesting years,’ writes C Rammanohar Reddy.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Nov 23, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Gautam Navlakha has always been a principled dissenter. It’s a shame he’s being punished for it

It is difficult to witness the Indian state bring down the full force of its might on a person with so much commitment to so many interests.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Sep 11, 2018 · 08:00 am

The Readers’ Editor writes: Indian media is under attack – and its only defence is good journalism

Two areas where Scroll.in could work harder are in the terminology it uses and in its selection of stories and headlines.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Aug 19, 2018 · 06:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: Scroll.in must take greater care with its headline, image choices

In many cases and for most readers, the story is told in the headline.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Aug 02, 2018 · 08:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: Scroll.in’s World Cup coverage should have gone beyond football field

The world’s biggest sporting event was an opportunity to discuss the many social phenomena around the game.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Jul 19, 2018 · 12:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: Scroll.in readership is rising, but fewer are writing in with feedback

On social media, the comments are usually one-liners – the more sarcastic they are, the greater the appeal.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Jul 06, 2018 · 06:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: To be financially viable, publications need subscriptions as well as ads

The only way readers can regain their centrality in the media is if they pay for the publications of their choice.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Mar 25, 2018 · 06:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: Was this story of a woman’s decision to leave India worth publishing?

Opinion pieces must always make us think. And they need not carry provocative headlines.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Mar 14, 2018 · 12:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: Scroll.in should take the lead in advocating primary healthcare overhaul

We need regular reports of how the primary health centres work and what afflicts them.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Feb 26, 2018 · 06:30 pm

The Readers’ Editor writes: We would be better off without excessive media coverage of the Budget

While Scroll.in’s coverage was better than most, it disappointed with its analysis of tax proposals.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Feb 09, 2018 · 08:30 pm