India, Nov. 1 -- November 2025 marks the sixth anniversary of COVID-19, the deadliest pandemic in modern history, which brought humankind, with all its advanced systems, science, and technologies, to a complete halt. Even the most developed nations, with superior healthcare, appeared helpless, no better than rural hospitals in poor countries.

But does one even discuss COVID today? Do newspapers in India recall it? Do political parties talk about it in their manifestos? Are our schools teaching it as history yet? It's only been six years, yet the memory of that catastrophe is rapidly fading. According to several estimates of excess mortality, around 4 to 6 million people died in India alone. This was the highest number of deaths in indepe...