Musings

The second wave of the pandemic has wreaked havoc on an unimaginable scale. Our healthcare system crumbled. We ran short of oxygen and ICU's. Whatsapp became the war rooms for coordinating people. While the governments of the UK and USA had ordered millions of vaccine doses as early as May 2020, our government sat upon this decision until January 2021. When the situation improved after the first wave of COVID, we failed to ramp up our health infrastructure.   But is it the first time this government has put us in a difficult spot? Demonetization was a disaster in all capital letters. Our economy was barely growing, thanks to the lack of reforms before COVID. At present, it is gasping for breath and its "animal spirit" is already dead. Unemployment levels are historic high. Last year, after the lockdown, we underwent a crisis dealing with the mass migration of the poor from developed to underdeveloped states.  With so much negativity, what makes this government win elect...