While I agree that Covid-19 is a Global problem and that "we are all in this together", I sometimes wonder whether the lax attitude of the Modi government in allowing religious celebrations to go ahead without due observance to social distancing, wearing of masks etc - is not a contributory factor in the present crisis? The same applies to electioneering rallies etc. While the rest of the world has a duty to come to India's aid in the present crisis - and some countries have responded, I feel the Modi government must accept the greater share of the blame. Here, in part, is what that well known Indian author(*Arundhati Roy) had to say:*
*“The system hasn’t collapsed. The government has failed. Perhaps ‘failed’ is an inaccurate word, because what we are witnessing is not criminal negligence, but an outright crime against humanity,”* *Describing the current government as a “crisis-generating machine,” she said “incapable of leading us out of this disaster”.* *She added - “Modi the magician” took a bow for saving humanity by containing the virus during the first wave while “boasting and gloating” about the virus doing less damage than predicted by experts.* Mervyn Maciel