A Tsunami Of Suffering
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‘When all this is over’: What would a better, post-pandemic future look like?
In the final part of the special series on the second wave of Covid-19, Harsh Mander imagines what a place of kindness would look like.
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Memories of Covid-19 may fade, but the compassion of Indians who rose to the occasion inspires hope
Even as government abandoned its people during the country’s gravest humanitarian crisis ever, citizens went above and beyond to help each other.
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How the Centre’s disastrous decisions on vaccines cost the lives of lakhs of Indians
The government instead went into a publicity overdrive later, bragging about its vaccinations while brushing under the carpet the bodies of the second wave.
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Trending
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
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Harsh Mander: As India gasped for oxygen in the second wave, those in power looked the other way
Why did the country have to go through the Covid-19 horrors of the summer of 2021?
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Harsh Mander: How some exploited India’s Covid-19 crisis to make money
Amid the pandemic, the country experienced cruel extortion from corporate leaders to the smallest providers of medical and funeral essentials.
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Harsh Mander: Why did hospital beds fall so disastrously short during India’s second Covid-19 wave?
The World Health Organization recommends at least five beds for a population of 1,000, ten times more than what the country had accomplished since its freedom.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Harsh Mander: Despite warnings, Modi government had let India sleepwalk into the second wave
How did the country slip deep into the coronavirus hell of the summer of 2021?
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Harsh Mander: The many sacrifices of unsung heroes on India’s Covid-19 frontline
Many at the lower ends of the public health hierarchy were highly stretched, barely recognised, rarely celebrated and almost totally unprotected.
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Harsh Mander: Covid-19 has left India’s workers more powerless than ever before
They are now alone in the world, hungry, jobless and with zero bargaining power and protection – and the employers know that.
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The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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Harsh Mander: School closures amid Covid-19 have left a whole generation of Indians behind
As education went online during the pandemic, lakhs of children from poorer households with no smartphones and access to the internet were missed out.
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Harsh Mander: How many Indians actually died during the second Covid-19 wave?
Some people on the ground offer compelling reasons to believe that the actual toll during the Delta surge was much higher than the official numbers.
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Harsh Mander: How India’s middle classes ignored the suffering of the poor during the second wave
The affluent have become bereft of compassion to the deprivation of the socially disadvantaged.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final