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Journalist. SOAS Alum. Nieman'21. Author of #PhantomPlague ✍️🏾: The Atlantic. Caravan. Probably listening to a podcast.
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Mar 2, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
1. At the peak of the 2nd wave, as #India lay prostrate at the mercy of the plague, I started looking into the decisions that led us to those pyres.

The world has seen few pandemic responses as tenaciously malevolent & policed as this one. Short thread on my latest investigation 2. Anyone who thinks mass graves of the 2nd wave was the work of politicians alone is overlooking the role of docs.

This issue of @thecaravanindia spotlights 4 men
Dr Paul, NITI Aayog
Dr Bhargava, ICMR
Dr HarshVardhan, Ex health minister
Prof Vijayraghavan, Chief Sci Officer