Sir, – The Embassy of India (Letters, April 28th), in response to the Irish Times editorial “India’s Covid crisis : the price of complacency” (April 22nd) asks “for a little more empathetic reporting”. Both events turned out to be mass Covid spreaders. Mr Modi still refuses to face up to the gravity of the Covid pandemic. In his nation-wide address of April 20th, he requested state governments “to avoid lockdowns” at all costs. While “empathetic” reporting cannot massage the facts to suit the sensitivities and failures of the Indian government or avoid reporting the situation as it exists in India, it doesn’t mean that we cannot extend the hand and heart of the Irish people to the people of India at this time of overwhelming crisis.

Source: The Irish Times May 02, 2021 23:03 UTC