/State apathy against the poor is enormously visible during COVID times, says Harsh Mander in his new book State apathy against the poor is enormously visible during COVID times, says Harsh Mander in his new book By News Desk| Updated: 28th December 2020 6:59 pm IST Amir Ullah Khan and Raju Bhupathiraju This week Harsh Mander is in Hyderabad. Harsh Mander is a former IAS officer, teacher, human rights activist, advisor to many development organisations and an author. His latest book that he wrote almost coming back from being dead because of COVID-19 is on the pandemic and how it has hurt the poor. Harsh Mander became a patient of COVID-19 and chose to be admitted to the general ward of a premier Delhi Government hospital, where he experienced memory loss, extensive brain damage and internal bleeding and the worst of all, the apathy of our health care system.