A year after one of the world’s strictest lockdowns that paralysed the economy, Indians are behaving as if the pandemic is over. The hard sacrifices are being squandered by large maskless crowds at election rallies, protests, social and religious gatherings. Over 1.17 crore cases, 160,477 deaths, India hasn’t learned lessons.
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