Don't demonise a community
Switch on the TV and all you will hear are reports about the spike in the number of Coronavirus cases. These are being linked to the congregation in Nizamuddin A rather disconcerting communal atmosphere seems to have enveloped the entire country at a critical juncture when we all should be displaying common sense, unity and the resolve to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19. We were on top of things till a week or two ago but now the virus seems to be spreading at a faster pace. Till now we have 4,858 confirmed cases and the deaths have spiked to 136. However, we still seem to be doing better than the developed nations with better healthcare infrastructure than us. For instance, the US has 3,67,650 cases and nearly 10,000 fatalities while Spain has 1,36,675 cases and 13,341 deaths and Italy is battling with 1,32,547 cases and has seen 16,523 deaths so far. If we were to compare ourselves to all these nations, their population density to ours and the number of cases the...