Weekend Reads The Indian government put forward five models for how many deaths have been averted during its long, draconian lockdown, bu...
Weekend Reads
- The Indian government put forward five models for how many deaths have been averted during its long, draconian lockdown, but didn’t reveal the mathematics behind them. The Indian Scientists Response to Covid-19 collective offers a more conservative estimate in the Indian Express, and explains the working behind it.
- “The question boils down to how our parliamentarians view themselves,” writes MR Madhavan regarding the lack of activity by Parliament in the middle of this crisis, in the Hindu: “If they think that they are sentinels of the people, they should find a way to perform their constitutional duties.”
- India has generally failed to connect with “middle powers” like Australia, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy team has begun to address, writes C Raja Mohan in the Indian Express.
- “The act of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan singing Hamsadhvani at a Rama Navami concert in Bangalore’s Fort High School in 1956 brings and blends together many languages, religions, regions, political regimes, musical traditions, and architectural styles,” writes Ramachandra Guha in the Telegraph. “It is a glorious tribute to the cultural diversity of our country and our civilisation. And incidentally a gorgeous piece of music too.”
- It might be dangerous for India to directly take on China, writes Pranab Dhal Samanta in the Economic Times, but “India cannot afford to be a bystander”.
- Prime Minister Narendra “Modi...
