Local experts say even these grim figures grossly underestimate the true magnitude of the crisis. In India, the post-mortem has already begun, and local and global observers alike are right to indict Narendra Modi for incompetence and criminal negligence. No matter how incompetent Donald Trump was, the United States still managed to produce vaccines and maintain health care capacity, notwithstanding its own longstanding health care woes and catastrophic Covid-19 toll. I am outraged, because the people of India do not deserve the incompetence and political narcissism that have led to this apocalypse. And I am doubly outraged because when I see the people of India, I see the predicament of my own people.

Source: The Star May 07, 2021 05:37 UTC