India faces reckoning as pandemic spirals out of control
India faces reckoning as pandemic spirals out of control The nation of 1.3 billion is going to be more economically unequal, socially unstable and geopolitically challenged after Covid-19 Protesters wearing protective suits and masks display placards while laying on the street near the Election Commission office in Kolkata on April 7 during a demonstration demanding the halt of the ongoing state legislative election and campaign rallies amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases. (Photo: AFP) In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, India has missed the forest for the trees. And a second ...