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Sashwata Saha is a recent journalism school graduate who covers the media and stories from the suburbs that often get lost in the grand scheme of things.

31 May 2021 A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy. Dar Yasin / AP Photo A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration en...

Suhas Munshi Suhas Munshi is an independent journalist and author of This World Below Zero Fahrenheit: Travels in the Kashmir Valley.

Geetanjali Gurlhosur is an independent journalist, researcher, photographer and filmmaker. She writes on development, culture, gender and sexuality.

India Is Going Through a Devastating Second COVID Wave. Heres How You Can Help Fodor's 5/5/2021 Apeksha Bhateja © Provided by Fodor's The horrific scenes in India are worse than an apocalypse. A queue of patients laying on the sidewalks outside hospitals struggling to breathe, but there are no beds or oxygen for them inside. More queues outside crematoriums that are cremating hundreds per day with relatives waiting with tokens until it’s their turn to send off their loved ones. On social media, cries for help—medicine, oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, and food—have b...