No, it cannot. This is because the bitter reality is as stark and objective as the plight of lakhs of unorganized workers in India

What happens when all that we have talked about are forcibly packed inside their houses?

Why are the psychologists and social scientists silent? What about mental health and quality of life? What about the burnout of healthcare staff? Is burnout not different from stress? Are remedies common to both?

At this stressful time, people need the steady hand of a government that bases its decisions on empirical data, objective reports from the ground, compassion, efficiency and good sense. Can we expect this from a government that combusted the economy through devaluation, an unplanned GST and poor leadership?

Every century has seen tsunamis and calamities, but man-made disasters are a phenomenon of modern life and it is suicidal. The genie is out of the bag! Can we go back to a simpler life?

Was the PM misled by the diabolical vested interests to impose lockdown? Or this government has chosen to willfully disregard the suffering of tens of thousands of working masses in India?

When it comes to tacking a natural catastrophe or a pandemic, the Left government in Kerala, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has shown the way to the rest of India.