The scale of our tragedy (in Kutch, Gujarat):
Kutchmitra newspaper today has 114 obituaries -- 100 text-only and 14 with photos.
It had 18 obituaries exactly two years back, on May 5, 2018.
18 to 114.
(1/5)
Kutchmitra newspaper today has 114 obituaries -- 100 text-only and 14 with photos.
It had 18 obituaries exactly two years back, on May 5, 2018.
18 to 114.
(1/5)
Kutchmitra has one edition only - from Bhuj city of Kutch district.
Here are the pages from two years back that contain 18 obituaries (13 text-only & 5 with photos):
(2/5)
Here are the pages from two years back that contain 18 obituaries (13 text-only & 5 with photos):
(2/5)
Please note:
1. Gujarat govt's data says only 6 persons died of Covid in the last 2 days in Kutch district.
2. Not everyone who has lost a loved one gets an obituary published. Especially not the poor.
(3/5)
1. Gujarat govt's data says only 6 persons died of Covid in the last 2 days in Kutch district.
2. Not everyone who has lost a loved one gets an obituary published. Especially not the poor.
(3/5)
3. Kutchmitra's Editor Deepak Mankad on April 24 questioned Guj govt's Covid death statistics.
In his editorial, he said when relatives these days are asked the cause of death of the deceased - whose obituary has to be published - most of them reply with one answer only: Corona
In his editorial, he said when relatives these days are asked the cause of death of the deceased - whose obituary has to be published - most of them reply with one answer only: Corona
4. The aforementioned figure of 114 is from today's Kutchmitra.
I have not checked Bhuj editions of other Gujarati newspapers.
5. People are not just a statistic.
(5/5)
I have not checked Bhuj editions of other Gujarati newspapers.
5. People are not just a statistic.
(5/5)
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