FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

India is witnessing one of its bleakest, cruellest summers this year. The unrelenting second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to extract a heavy toll as the days go by. Death continues to stalk our homes and neighbourhoods. We are now the second-most-affected country after the United States, accounting for nearly half the daily number of Covid-19 cases and nearly a fourth of the daily deaths. More worryingly, 533 of India’s 718 districts are now reporting a positivity rate of over 10 per cent. The question on everyone’s mind is, ‘when will this nightmare end?’ Unfortunately, the second wave is