This is how it ends when you vote for hate: Author Sonia Faleiro on India's COVID situation
New Delhi: Critically acclaimed Indian writer and Journalist Sonia Faleiro on Sunday took to her official Twitter account to express anguish over the situation of COVID-19 in India as the country is facing a major second wave outbreak of the deadly virus.
Sonia, whose critically acclaimed first novel The Girl was published by Viking in 2006, said she was gutted to see the situation of the virus in India and that it need not be this way in the first place. “The country literally produces vaccines!” she wrote in the tweet adding “This is how it ends when you vote for hate”.
Absolutely gutted to see the situation in India. It didn’t have to be this way at all. The country literally produces vaccines! This is how it ends when you vote for hate” her tweet read.
In another tweet, Sonia added, “Almost every day I find myself sending someone in India a condolence message. So sad, sorry and frankly heartbroken by the situation”.
Sonia’s writing and photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Granta, The California Sunday Magazine, The Guardian, and Smithsonian. She is a co-founder of Deca, a global journalism cooperative that creates long-form stories to read on mobile devices.
She was awarded the 2011 Karmaveer Puraskaar for Social Justice for "drawing attention to India's most vulnerable and writing about them with sensitivity, humanity, and integrity". She is the recipient of a runners-up award in the CNN Young Journalist Award of 2006[4] as well as of awards from the Ratan Tata Trust, the Oxford Cambridge Society of India, and the British Council's de Souza Trust.
Absolutely gutted to see the situation in India. It didn’t have to be this way at all. The country literally produces vaccines! This is how it ends when you vote for hate.
— Sonia Faleiro (@soniafaleiro) April 18, 2021
Almost every day I find myself sending someone in India a condolence message. So sad, sorry and frankly heartbroken by the situation.
— Sonia Faleiro (@soniafaleiro) April 18, 2021
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India moving towards becoming global economic powerhouse: Kovind
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Amritsar (PTI): Former president Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that with digital transformation, economic reforms and a strong focus on the ease of doing business, India is moving towards becoming a global economic powerhouse.
He was speaking after inaugurating the 19th edition of the Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX) in Amritsar.
The former president said that this 19th edition of PITEX is being organised at a time when India is recognised as one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the event organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) the former president, while referring to Punjab, said the state is a living example of courage, sacrifice and enterprise.
"The spiritual light of Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) inspires peace and humanity across the world. The heritage of Punjab is deep and inspiring," Kovind said, according to a statement issued by the PITEX.
The former president congratulated the PHDCCI for hosting the 19th edition of PITEX and suggested that the chamber should expand PITEX outside Punjab.
He proposed that a similar event should also be held in New Delhi.
