Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Faled Its People

The summer of 2021 saw a massive rise in the number of infections and deaths from Covid-19 in India. Even by conservative estimates, at least 1.5 million people had lost their lives by June; several times the official figure. As in the first wave of the pandemic, this time, too, the chaos and suffering was in large measure, as Harsh Mander shows, due to mismanagement by an uncaring and cynical state. The first part of the book, ‘Locking Down the Poor’, describes the grave humanitarian crisis of ...See More