lockdown

Indian Society is Too Interdependent for a Long Lockdown: Nobel Economist

Ullekh NP

Angus S. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus speaks to Ullekh NP

Kirana Chronicles

V Shoba

Mom and pop stores and stockists catering to remote areas have been thinking on their feet to meet demand during lockdown

“The village subsidises the city and it will continue to do so after the lockdown ends”

V Shoba

Anirudh Krishna, Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in conversation with V Shoba

Locked Down in the Studio

Rosalyn D’Mello

In the present standstill, artists are grappling with the urgency of art and the non-essentialism of artists. Rosalyn D’Mello captures their moments of turmoil and tranquillity

Lockdown Leadership

PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh

Forty days of hard choices between saving lives and avoiding economic ruin

Behind the Extension

Jayanta Ghosal

The buzz from the PM’s Office is that Modi took three days to know if people were in favour of the lockdown

“Most of my men prefer to stay in the barracks rather than go back home and risk their families. I am staying here too”

Nikita Doval

Says Arvind Sharma, a Delhi Police inspector

“Everybody will forgive me if the face cream they want is not there. But they won’t if there is no rice or atta”

Lhendup G Bhutia

Says Karsan Patel, a local grocer, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

“I have not had a customer for two months. We have seen so much disease, but this is the first time I have seen something like this”

Amita Shah

Says Ramya, a sex worker, Delhi

A Second Chance for Darjeeling Tea

Gopal Upadhayay

With Covid-19 disrupting operations in India’s best tea gardens, the entirety of the Darjeeling first flush, the champagne of teas, is lost. Lockdown restrictions are finally easing this week, but overgrown bushes, a dearth of manpower, and logistical issues could imperil the summer flush, too