Subodh Varma
Six months of pandemic: Why India lost the battle
A brief timeline of the Narendra Modi Government’s action (and inaction) in India from the time World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a ‘pandemic’ on March 11
COVID-19: How and why India is losing the battle
Despite the pandemic’s late entry into the country and younger population, on several counts, India is steadily losing the battle against the coronavirus
Understanding India’s low COVID-19 death rate
Contrary to the Narendra Modi government’s claims, India’s low case fatality rate in the COVID-19 pandemic is not because of any well-thought out strategy. It is rather due to a relatively young population and some statistical tricks
India’s Independence Day 2020 – distressed people, indifferent rulers
Never before has India been so besieged by crises – the pandemic, devastated economy, an eroded constitutional system. But the resistance is swelling up
Why is govt. unable to control COVID-19 surge in India
More testing but weak contact tracing, and no protection to workers is causing the surge but the Indian government led by prime minister Narendra Modi is living in la-la land
Record harvest, record stocks: Yet, why are India’s people hungry?
It is beyond belief and understanding why the Indian government led by prime minister Narendra Modi is refusing to distribute the mountain of food grain stocks sitting in its warehouses
What’s common to three Covid kings – US, Brazil and India?
These three countries with over a million COVID-19 cases each, led by men who came to power in a very similar manner, also followed similar stumbling paths, making the same kind of mistakes
Big 5 of COVID: Guess what is common to these top affected countries
The US, Brazil, Russia, India and the United Kingdom have larger than life leaders, but the pandemic has exposed their flaws, at great cost

