Hailing from Bihar means living with a stereotypical image – that one must be dark, speak poor English and don’t deserve outstanding success The death in Mumbai last week feels like I could have been that person. Shining star and all. Introverted, intense, quiet, mind buzzing with a million photons a second. No patience for small talk, […]

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Dr Subhash Giri has been treating Covid-19 patients since the first one was brought to his northeast Delhi hospital in March. Through gruelling work hours, anxiety, sadness, and death, what keeps him going? Sometime in early March, much before the Coronavirus pandemic exploded and provisions for a national lockdown were announced in India, I learnt […]

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