Last August, when a Mood of the Nation poll showed prime minister Narendra Modi’s popularity still rock-solid, a senior Congress leader angrily rang up: “Why are you running these farzi (false) polls! Lockdown, economic recession, migrants walking home, lives and livelihoods both destroyed and you Godi (pliant) media people are still trapped in Modi mania!” […]
Month: May 2022
The Covid Charge sheet on Modi Govt.
_The Complete Covid Chargesheet_ _by Shashi Tharoor_ May 24, 2021,The Outlook Magazine As I write these words from my Covid sickbed—despite being vaccinated, I have been hit hard, with a diagnosis of Covid-induced viral myocarditis and intense fatigue—I am acutely conscious of our nation’s trauma in the face of the pandemic. As the cumulative number […]
Government’s chaotic response in India’s Covid Tsunami – Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Greetings, This week, I have three articles to share with you. As Covid-19 overwhelms India’s healthcare system with unprecedented violence, I examine the government’s chaotic response in India’s Covid Tsunami, syndicated in 88 newspapers around the world. Although I praised India’s export-led “vaccine diplomacy” in my piece just two months ago while warning that the government was […]