Jammu, Feb. 27 -- At 8 million a month, times two doses, it will take us 17 years to administer the vaccine to our 800 million adults.

The rollout must speed up twenty times, asserts Naushad Forbes.

I have long wrestled with the role of the State in India. The state legislative assembly in Bengaluru, Vidhana Soudha, has an inscription running across its top: 'Government work is God's work'. Alternatively, Ronald Reagan said the nine scariest words in the English language were: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

In the US, I believe a more effective state is needed in providing infrastructure and substantially improved governance, even if it then ends up being larger.

In India, I used to believe that we did not need better...