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Lose of income and livelihood : Storis of the common people

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Today I went out first time after lock down being announced in Delhi, in between I explored the few things, which were totally different in comparison of normal time. These are really unprecedented timefor most of the people, but persons of margin are facing double-edged difficulties, one due to th infection of COVID19 and second loses of job/ income. First interaction with cab driver, transport sector is one of the hardest hit by the COVID19’s lockdown in India or elsewhere in the world. In India, this is purely informal sector in India, there are hardly any security in this sector, whether you are employed with transport company or self-employed. Even though Delhi government was tried to help to the motor drivers, who is in the business of transport in Delhi, but there are not data to substantiate this initiative as a helpful, as far my interactions with those people, hardly any one of them got the monetary assistance. I also meet one Coconut water seller, he was very upset wit...

Role of our media during the COVID19 and Public Health issues

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There were overwhelmed flash on the Indian media regarding news of Big-B then small-b, for of COVID19+. Both have mild symptoms and admitted in the hospital for world class health care facilities, which is only available for the super-rich in the world biggest democracy. And, we know, where the common people will go, even if they have serious health condition, that is very much evident in the most part of the India during the COVID19 or otherwise. My simple submission, why don’t people asking to the government? to whom every one of us paying tax on time. To increase the expenditures on the public health sector. This is responsibility of the authorities to come with robust plan for dealing the health crisis.   Everyone is aware, the quality health services are just unreachable for the common mass. This is not impossible in our country; we have sufficient examples for giving best health facilities to the citizens. Only things, that should have not expended in time to cover more p...

The cost of the Speaking Truth : The challenges for Indian Journalist

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The way Indian Journalists are being targeted through cases against them for reporting, this is not new in the history of Journalism, that was very much in the colonial period, and like many tradition or practices being carried forward from British rule, one of the bad practices being continue “Media censorship”. Which is often being done silently or selectively in the past. We had censorship moment during the emergency. The famous words of LK Advani, about the character of media during emergency “crawled” when we were asked to “bend”. I don’t have words to explain the current crisis in Indian media as our veteran leader had explained about the emergency. But, we have not heard any things from LK Advani about current state of Media in India. I don’t have any idea, why he is feeling or how will he explain his own words, which he had given on Indira’s emergency. The censorships in the Indian Media are visible for quite some time, we have multiple examples to proof this argument, In...