The Outlier Indian

As on 27th July 2020, India has 14 lacs + COVID cases. The patients, they are not just numbers but humans, affected with coronavirus keep increasing day by day. The horror stories of COVID patients not able to find hospital beds abound. 32 k people have died till now. It is anybody’s guess if they […]

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As on 17th July, India has joined the league of the United States and Brazil with a million cases of coronavirus. India continues with its befuddling strategy of easing restrictions, as cases rise. On the education front, online education continues further deepening the inequalities and ensuring that children who do sit in front of screens […]

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Narendra Modi’s popularity remains high as ever. The people abide by him, no matter what. His ideas are penned down by the critics but lapped up by the masses. He knows what drives the people and he knows how to get them going. He asks the electorate to endure (selective) pain for him, they do […]

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20 Indian soldiers have died in combat with the Chinese army. The images of their dead bodies draped in the tri-colour are bound to boil the blood of any patriotic citizen. Every Indian wants to give a befitting reply to the Chinese. As the leader of the country, what would be Narendra Modi’s response to […]

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a major source of economic development in India. Foreign companies make a beeline to invest in India to benefit from the ease in doing business, friendly environment, lower wages, huge market and so on. FDI keeps increasing year-on-year generating jobs and shows confidence in the India growth story. The above […]

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Respected Prime Minister My five-year-old daughter raised an innocuous query: Why is Mr Narendra Modi not speaking to us about coronavirus? She has a valid point. From speaking to four times in a short span, you have gone completely silent. Every Indian deserves an audience Every Indian who listened to you in March and April […]

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I read Ruchir Sharma’s The Rich Love India’s Lockdown. For the Poor It’s Another Story. published on May 30, 2020, in The New York Times. This narrative of coronavirus lockdown could not have been further from the truth. The article presents a linear account, easy to ascribe but not the reality. The gross inequality inherent […]

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Migrant workers continue to bear the brunt of the incompetent Indian Government, Centre and States. Now, there is another humanitarian tragedy unfolding involving the migrant workers. This is the unassigned coronavirus cases. These are the coronavirus cases being reported by the Central Government, but without any states owning them up. Unassigned coronavirus cases started as […]

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The coronavirus crisis had laid threadbare the dark underbelly of India – The Migrant Workers. The Government of India has no clue about them, their numbers, their origin, their occupation, their plight, nothing at all. The Government is expected to take care of the well-being of all the citizens. Here, there is a significant chunk […]

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India’s coronavirus strategy is at odds with reality. It is going from the sublime to the ridiculous. When the cases were 500+, India clamped the first lockdown. As the number of cases increases, India continues with the lockdown strategy. Just that the number of relaxations also increases to keep pace with the infections. China lifted […]

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