The Pandemic
A shift in strategy by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak in Dharavi, a 2,400-square meter slum sprawl, which had emerged as a Covid-19 hot spot in Mumbai by mid-April, has helped in reducing the number of new cases to a single digit for the first time since the area reported its first case on April 1.
Unlock, unlock, unlock, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently defined the way forward to chief ministers. Beginning today, The Indian Express drops anchor in Bhagalpur in Patna to track this unlockdown.
The pandemic and lockdowns to tackle it have raised many questions about the future of urban living. In today's Sunday Eye, Delhi-based Shuddhabrata Sengupta of Raqs Media Collective says that “there is an enormous amount of resources spent to ensure that our society is not democratic”. While our cities privilege privacy and gated elements and also disconnection from the larger masses, in our villages networks are cyclical and form the basis of life.
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