Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?
Democratic governments are using the virus to crack down on freedoms, while those regimes that were authoritarian to begin with have used the pandemic to grab even more power.
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As India Tackles COVID-19, a Curious Case of Missing Numbers Emerges
There are no known reasons as to why the disease’s rate of spread appears to be lower in India. It may be because of insufficient testing.
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Even in Pandemic Times, the Rich Continue to Profit
Two articles on how the rich are seeking to make more money even in these pandemic times.
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Why India Should Introduce a Covid Wealth Tax on the Ultra Rich
A tax rate of 4% on the nation’s 953 richest families would give the government the equivalent of 1% of India’s GDP to spend – larger than its present package.
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What the World Can Learn from Kerala About How to Fight Covid-19
The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance.
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Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real
Over 100 million people face food insecurity if the PDS is not universalised.
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The Emperor Has No Mask: The Indian State in the Time of COVID-19
Ramaa Vasudevan As the COVID-19 virus races across countries and continents, taking its deadly toll, states across the world are scrambling to deal with what has become the most wide-spread pandemic outbreak since the 1918 Spanish flu. As states grapple to navigate this uncharted territory, the pandemic has also become a lens that is bringing…
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As India Faces One of its Toughest Challenges, Who Holds the Reins?
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay As COVID-19 has unleashed an information epidemic, or infodemic – as a result of which we are constantly plied with an overabundance of information, some accurate and others misleading – it has become very difficult to stay fixated on one ‘window’ on whatever device we’re using. Consequently, commonplace queries get pushed to the…
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Why India’s Founders Championed a State-Dominated Healthcare System
Kiran Kumbhar In 1943, after decades of criticism from Indian intellectuals and leaders, colonial British officials decided to finally embrace the question of the health of around 300 million native Indians. A committee was formed to undertake a grand survey and suggest recommendations. This committee became known after its chairman as the Joseph Bhore Committee….
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As the Pandemic Accelerates, How Equipped Is India’s Healthcare System?
Soumitra Ghosh As per recent data, India now has 1,117 active COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Quite alarmingly, the known respiratory disease COVID-19 cases have increased exponentially in the last couple of weeks. Even in a mild scenario with an attack rate of 5-10% and a…
