New York, April 13 -- A little over a year since India first began its battle with the covid-19 pandemic, and it is apparent to any observer that once again, India is standing more towards the losing half. In March 2020, confronted with the emergence of the virus and simultaneous lack of resources to tackle the same, especially in terms of medical infrastructure, the Indian government opted for a nationwide lockdown.

Therefore, despite the many negative economic consequences, this hard response did succeed in keeping control of the spread while India acquired the necessary resources and began working on vaccines. Now, the country is in the midst of a grave second wave with cases rising to numbers higher than last year, and the response s...