How Modi Turned Covid-19 into a Cash Machine
For the Indian premier, the virus is a deus ex machina.
The Pandemic is Changing the Face of Indian Labour
India is unable to cope with the pandemic because of the adverse living conditions of the majority of our people.
Citizenship and the Nation of the Rich in India
Today, the questions of citizenship and alleged ‘infiltration’ are the topic of debate everywhere; the real question is being sidelined: why are a miniscule elite cornering most of the wealth generated by the common people?
Manufacturing Epidemics
India’s Covid-19 crisis is one effect of a decades-long process that has produced impoverishment, hunger, and ill-health, all at once.
How the Chinese Authorities and the WHO Handled the Coronavirus
The attack on the Chinese government and the World Health Organisation’s work on the novel coronavirus by the Trump administration is unfounded.
The Economic Crash is Already Ravaging Africa
The continent thus far has been less affected by the pandemic than other parts of the world. But the impact of the global economic crisis is already enormous.
France and COVID-19: Incompetence and Conceit
The very large number of coronavirus cases and deaths in France is due to gross negligence on the part of President Macron and the French authorities to the threat posed by the virus.
The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh
The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil — not to mention the public health crisis.
America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980.
Getting Trumped by Covid-19
The author offers an evocative take on her experience of being locked down due to Covid-19 in two different countries, with two worldviews.