It is said that adversity brings out the best in us. As Covid-19 spread across the world, most advanced countries in Europe and elsewhere reeled under it. India calibrated its response systematically and dealt with the situation with unprecedented innovations and ingenuity. The manner in which we were able to provide for food and other essentials during the lockdown and vaccinate a billion and more of our people has been a remarkable feat. Indeed, there were problems about oxygen availability and drugs shortage. But we faced the situation with fortitude, thanks to the thousands of our health care personnel. As the world is limping back to normalcy, it is becoming clear that not everything that happened during the pandemic was bad. Big innovations in healthcare technology and pharma industry happened during the period, often because of the urgency necessitated by the pandemic.
The pandemic changed the world as we knew it. This was also a period when THE WEEK came up with some of its best stories. It was the first Indian magazine to talk in detail about the looming threat of the pandemic in a cover story from China in February 2020. While most publications focused on the consequences of the spread of the virus, THE WEEK embarked on a mission to find its origins in another cover story in June 2021.
I would like to take this opportunity to bring to your notice the endemic issue of air and water pollution and mounting solid waste in Delhi. Even as we grapple with ways and means to address the challenges posed by the former two, we have been able to make a substantive beginning in the disposal of solid waste. And, it seems to be on the right track of reaching its logical conclusion.
This story is from the December 04, 2022 edition of THE WEEK India.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the December 04, 2022 edition of THE WEEK India.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
What Will It Take To Clean Up Delhi Air?
IT IS ASKED, year after year, why Delhi’s air remains unbreathable despite several interventions to reduce pollution.
Trump and the crisis of liberalism
Although Donald Trump's election to a non-consecutive second term to the US presidency is not unprecedented—Grover Cleveland had done it in 1893—it is nevertheless a watershed moment.
Men eye the woman's purse
A couple of months ago, I chanced upon a young 20-something man at my gym walking out with a women’s sling bag.
When trees hold hands
A filmmaker explores the human-nature connect through the living root bridges
Ms Gee & Gen Z
The vibrant Anuja Chauhan and her daughter Nayantara on the generational gap in romance writing
Vikram Seth-a suitable man
Our golden boy of literature was the star attraction at the recent Shillong Literary Festival in mysterious Meghalaya.
Superman bites the dust
When my granddaughter Kim was about three, I often took her to play in a nearby park.
OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Meet G. Govinda Menon, the 102-year-old engineer who had a key role in surveying the Vizhinjam coast in the 1940s, assessing its potential for an international port
Managing volatility: smarter equity choices in uncertain markets
THE INDIAN STOCK MARKET has delivered a strong 11 per cent CAGR over the past decade, with positive returns for eight straight years.
Investing in actively managed low-volatility portfolios keeps risks at bay
AFTER A ROARING bull market over the past year, equity markets in the recent months have gone into a correction mode as FIIs go on a selling spree. Volatility has risen and investment returns are hurt.
