Credit: Presidencia de la República Mexicana/Flickr Since India’s furious second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic broke in mid-April, with daily cases soon crossing 300,000 and deaths in such numbers that…
No Country for Her
Credit: No Name/Unsplash The woman sounded nervous on the phone. The helpline counsellor who took her call asked her to make some excuse and come out to meet her. It would…
Indian doctors protest herbal treatments being touted for COVID-19
As India struggles with one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, thousands of doctors across the nation fighting to save patients amid shortages of oxygen, medicine, and vaccines wore black…
How India is scrambling to secure medical oxygen and save lives
NEW DELH – In a recent video post on Twitter, Dr. Gautam Singh, a cardiologist who runs the private Sri Ram Singh Hospital in east Delhi, lost his composure as…
‘How Can Modi Be Forgiven?’ India’s COVID-19 Crisis May Be Turning the Middle Class Against the Prime Minister
On April 24 at 3:22 a.m., a doctor in Delhi’s Guru Tegh Bahadur hospital sent an urgent plea via Whatsapp to a colleague. She had just finished her shift at…
‘Our Lives Don’t Matter.’ India’s Female Community Health Workers Say the Government Is Failing to Protect Them From COVID-19
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers protest against alleged negligence of their workforce by the government on August 9, 2020 in New Delhi. During the protest, ASHA workers demanded payment…
I couldn’t find a hospital bed for my COVID-struck father in India. Days of frantic searching showed me how overwhelmed our health system is.
My heart ran cold as the doctor sent us a message on WhatsApp about my father’s deteriorating condition. “He has an inflammation in his lungs – given his age and…
How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world
Relatives wearing personal protective equipment attend the funeral of a man who died from COVID-19 held at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on April 21, 2021.PHOTOGRAPH BY ADRIAN ABIDI,…