The scale of our tragedy:
In Sandesh newspaper’s Rajkot edition today, 5 out of 16 pages contain obituaries.
It has 199 obituaries — 100 text-only and 99 with photos of the deceased.
There were just 36 obituaries two months back, on Mar 2.
36 to 199
(1/4)
In Sandesh newspaper’s Rajkot edition today, 5 out of 16 pages contain obituaries.
It has 199 obituaries — 100 text-only and 99 with photos of the deceased.
There were just 36 obituaries two months back, on Mar 2.
36 to 199
(1/4)
Remaining one page in today’s edition with obituaries:
(2/4)
(2/4)
Please note:
1. As per Gujarat govt, only 61 people died of Covid yesterday in the entire Saurashtra region, which consists of 11 districts including Rajkot.
2. Not everyone who has lost a loved one gets an obituary published. Especially not the poor.
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1. As per Gujarat govt, only 61 people died of Covid yesterday in the entire Saurashtra region, which consists of 11 districts including Rajkot.
2. Not everyone who has lost a loved one gets an obituary published. Especially not the poor.
(3/4)
3. The aforementioned no. of 199 is from Rajkot edition of one of the Gujarati newspapers.
Rajkot editions of other Gujarati newspapers show similar increases in number of obituaries.
4. People are not just a statistic.
(4/4)
Rajkot editions of other Gujarati newspapers show similar increases in number of obituaries.
4. People are not just a statistic.
(4/4)
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