Author of the article: Tarek Fatah Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • 21 hours ago • 3 minute read • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks in a rally during the ongoing Phase 4 of West Bengal's assembly election, at Kawakhali on the outskirts of Siliguri on April 10, 2021. Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA /AFP via Getty Images Article content “How does one begin to capture scenes from a nation led by a fascist regime being felled by a deadly pandemic,” asked Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar on Monday in a column ostensibly written to soothe the pain of Indo-Canadians as we watched our ancestral homeland facing the full wrath of the COVID-19 virus.