Harsh Mandar writes: It is apparent the policies of the Union government to battle the pandemic have failed. I believe that the people of India will gravely suffer the consequences of these failures for at least a generation.
They prefer the unsanitary, inhospitable stretch along the river to the hot, crowded shelters to which they were taken.
In Delhi, large numbers of people – many of them Muslim – have been arrested in cases related to the CAA-NRC protests and recent communal riots
The Supreme Court said it could not rely on studies about the condition of migrant workers by private bodies when the government portrayed a different picture.
In these dire circumstances, it is essential for the state to directly provide the basic means of survival to anyone who needs it. This must be in both cash and kind.
On most days, Marjina and her family eat just boiled rice with salt and water.
Shamim went days without food, water or sleep. Daily phone calls to his family is what kept him going.
Shahnaz, a domestic helper, and her family do not know where their meals are coming from.
We expected this crisis to be a long interregnum of suffering, but one in which India’s demons of hate would be exiled. The ruling establishment had other plans.
150 small farmers who were interviewed said they would each lose Rs 20,000 on average.
