Covid-19

For instance, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention estimates deaths between 200,000 and 1.7 million in that country. There are other estimates as […]

As the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) spreads rapidly across the world and India, and health care systems are being brought down to their knees, the general […]

As I was writing this column on Sunday night, the “janata curfew” (people’s curfew) and the beating of plates and applause had ended. The world’s […]

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has led to uncertainty, forced people to reshape their lives, strained the health care system and disrupted economic […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked citizens for a “few weeks” in his address to the nation on Thursday. He hinted quite clearly that the people’s […]

India is home to one-third of the global slum population. The State needs a plan The spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India’s slums […]

We live in a state of coronavirusfuelled anxiety. In such times, we try to build walls and fences to keep the danger out. So, India […]

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has forced citizens to adapt to a new lifestyle. There is advocacy around these social changes — staying home, maintaining high […]

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has meant that society has to redefine the fundamental principles which have governed it. India introduced travel restrictions […]

The only certainty in the coronavirus-induced global chaos is that the idea of the nation-state as the all-powerful, enforcer of social order is back. After […]