Ambulances and private vehicles carrying bodies of people who died of COVID-19 lined up outside the Kurukshetra crematorium in Jehangirpura on 15 April.
Naresh Patidar works at a tea stall in Surat. On 15 April he boarded a bus back to his village. He said all business had shut down in the city and no one had money to pay workers like him. He worried that if he waited any longer he would have to walk home, like he did last year.
Smoke from the chimneys attached to gas furnaces at the Ashwini Kumar crematorium in Surat. Grills of two furnaces here melted due to continuous use to cremate COVID-19 casualties. Families waited up to eight hours to get their relatives cremated.
Bodies of people who died from COVID-19 piled up inside a makeshift shed behind the Ashwini Kumar crematorium in Surat. On 15 April, at least 140 bodies were cremated following COVID-19 protocol here.
Relatives and crematorium workers perform last rites for a COVID-19 deceased at the Ashwini Kumar crematorium. Many bodies were cremated without funeral rites. Some bodies were abandoned.
Bodies of people who died from COVID-19 piled up inside a makeshift shed behind the Ashwini Kumar crematorium in Surat. On 15 April, at least 140 bodies were cremated following COVID-19 protocol here.
Relatives and crematorium workers perform last rites for a COVID-19 deceased at the Ashwini Kumar crematorium. Many bodies were cremated without funeral rites. Some bodies were abandoned.
#CaravanCollection | As India approaches the 2024 national elections, here's a selection of our cover stories from the last five years that evaluate Narendra Modi and his BJP government’s performance in different spheres.
🧵[2/10] Our June 2023 cover story by @nileenams documents how under the Modi government, the Directorate of Enforcement has been in the limelight, conducting flashy raids and dramatic arrests. The agency has been going after anyone and anything the government sees as a threat, including media houses and NGOs. “The intention is not to end corruption, but to end the opposition,” Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel said. caravanmagazine.in/law/ed-politic…
🧵[3/10] @EramAgha's March 2023 profile of the external affairs minister demonstrates how S Jaishankar is helping Modi rebrand Indian foreign policy in Hindu nationalist terms. “As a result,” Agha writes, “a considerable amount of energy is spent denouncing international reports that question the shrinking of democracy or raise questions about Modi’s past as interference in India’s ‘internal matters.’” caravanmagazine.in/government/jai…
#DelhiViolence | Today marks three years since anti-Muslim violence unfolded in northeast Delhi.
Here is a master thread of our coverage—ground reports, testimonies of survivors and in-depth investigations into the BJP and the Delhi Police’s complicity in the violence.
On 23 Feb 2020, a clash between a Hindu mob that gathered at Maujpur and anti-CAA protesters, who had occupied the road at the Jafrabad metro, marked the beginning of over three days of communal violence in the national capital.
The then deputy commissioner Ved Prakash Surya’s passive demeanour next to BJP leader Kapil Mishra seemed to send a clear message—the latter’s threats of violence had the support of the Delhi Police. #DelhiViolence
🧵 From Adani–NDTV to sycophancy that often results in comical visuals, TV news in India increasingly resembles the theatre of the absurd. How did we get here?
From 2015, Krishn Kaushik’s (@Krishn_) definitive profile of NDTV, which was among the first in-depth reports that highlighted the Roys’ convoluted maze of financial transactions.
From 2012, “Fast and Furious,” Rahul Bhatia’s (@rahulabhatia) profile of Arnab Goswami, a former NDTV anchor who was “possessed of an acid personality that singed the newsroom often.”
⚡ Ramdev lifting Arnab Goswami off the ground as a feat of strength. Rahul Kanwal skipping rope with a union minister.
How did TV news get here?
In our latest #CaravanCollections, we bring you a selection of stories on the nation’s biggest outlets that help answer this:
From 2015, Krishn Kaushik’s (@Krishn_) definitive profile of NDTV, which, among other things, has produced many star anchors that came to define television news.
From 2012, Rahul Bhatia’s (@rahulabhatia) profile of Arnab Goswami, a former NDTV anchor who was “possessed of an acid personality that singed the newsroom often.”
The biggest question confronting India on COVID is: how many people died? What we know is that in four months, between April and July 2021, the plague caused more deaths among Indian citizens than any invasion by enemy forces could have inflicted.
In the absence of data from India’s Sample Registration System, scientists have had to rely on alternative approaches to estimate COVID-19 mortality. India’s official COVID-19 death count is under half a million.
The RSS and the Sangh Parivar’s appendages beyond Indian borders often remain overlooked—including in the United States, where they mobilise extensive ideological and material support for the Sangh’s Hindu-chauvinist agenda.
Ram Vishwanathan’s report on how groups such as the VHP America, the Overseas Friends of BJP and the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh have developed their influence over US politics and promoted Hindutva as a key “Hindu-American interest.”
Pieter Friedrich’s investigation of the campaign finances of Tulsi Gabbard, a dark-horse contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, reveals how her meteoric rise was fuelled by a torrent of donations from the Sangh.