#covidlockdown — Public Fediverse posts

Book review: A scathing indictment of what was done by an administration to a people unprepared for a pandemic

A review of Harsh Mander's 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy'. As he journals the length and breadth of India, one cannot help but give Mr Mander credit for the number and range of real-life anecdotes he has attempted to document here.

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/a-cathartic-chronicle-a-scathing-indictment-of-what-was-done-by-an-administration-to-a-people-unprepared-for-a-pandemic/3230977/

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How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown

An excerpt from Harsh Mander's ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.

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https://scroll.in/article/1051873/harsh-mander-how-shramik-trains-added-to-the-misery-of-the-poor-during-the-covid-19-lockdown

Christophe Jaffrelot writes: BJP is chipping away at India’s federalism

Centralising tendencies have increased under the current government.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/christophe-jaffrelot-writes-bjp-is-chipping-away-at-indias-federalism-8680814/