Book review: A scathing indictment of what was done by an administration to a people unprepared for a pandemic
A review of Harsh Mander's 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy'. As he journals the length and breadth of India, one cannot help but give Mr Mander credit for the number and range of real-life anecdotes he has attempted to document here.
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How Modi colonises our minds
The convening of the special session of Parliament is prime minister’s method of dominating the minds of supporters and critics alike, which is driven by his fear of losing elections, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-modi-colonises-our-minds-23307110
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How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown
An excerpt from Harsh Mander's ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.
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Christophe Jaffrelot writes: BJP is chipping away at India’s federalism
Centralising tendencies have increased under the current government.
#federalism #UnionGovt #BJP #NarendraModi #modi #GST #demonetisation #CovidLockdown #KeralaFloods #delhi #uttarakhand #ChristopheJaffrelot #india
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thread
https://twitter.com/MichaelPSenger/status/1615794537053712384
archived
https://archive.ph/kdyq1
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What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns
~Restrictions on social contact stemmed disease spread, but weighing up the ultimate costs and benefits of lockdown measures is a challenge.
Melbourne named the friendliest city in the world.
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#ChinaProtest zeigt: es gibt in #China eine Gesellschaft die auch #Demokrarie wünscht. Ich hoffe es gelingt den Protestierenden, eine Bewegung zu entfachen. #XiJingping #Meinungsfreiheit #CoronaProtest #Corona #CovidLockdown #Lockdown #COVIDRestrictions #covid
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/china-proteste-xi-jinping-meinungsfreiheit-100.html
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Yet for some inexplicable reason Fauci was allowed to import that model.
https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1596704699667091457
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The fact that many public health experts urged people to look to this travesty of a government as an example is a scandal
https://twitter.com/ZacBissonnette/status/1596675948727918592
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4/ And, less than a month later, the @ nytimes would publish this: "Some countries slammed their doors. It worked -- until they let outsiders back in."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/14/opinion/politics/coronavirus-close-borders-travel-quarantine.html
https://twitter.com/ajlamesa/status/1595964814005870593
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'Government killed my dad': Grieving son blames China's Covid lockdown for father's death
#CovidLockdown #China #GrievingSon
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/11/24/grieving-son-blames-china-covid-policies-wang-dnt-contd-ebof-vpx.cnn
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Lots of people now highlighting lockdown harms with a degree of surprise...
The warnings were made at the time, but they were ignored. Instead of a mature conversation, it was a cesspit.
Accused of wanting tens of thousands to die. Honestly, it was a disgrace. https://twitter.com/ProfKarolSikora/status/1577919290531090432
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U.K. - Therese Coffey - Tipped as new Health Minister
▪️ Backed lockdowns
▪️ Backed vaccine passports
▪️Backed vaccines for kids
▪️Backs Net zero & wants to link pensions to targets.
A picture says a thousand words.
https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1566188227760979977
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Sunak didn't "blame scientists" in his interview: his point was that politicians should not have sought to hide behind scientific advisers.
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