Tag Rural Realities

An Overview of the Catastrophic Second Wave in Goa

Ritika Gupta, Sakshi Sharda, Ishika Chaudhary, Mahima Kapoor, Swati Solanki, Chhavi Kapoor, Arjun Kumar, and IMPRI Team The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected Indian states and Union Territories and Goa has been no exception. Due to…

An Overview of the Catastrophic Second Wave in Rajasthan

The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected rural areas of India. Indian villages were ill equipped to handle the pandemic of this scale as Coronavirus was perceived to be an urban disease by the rural people. Due to lack of infrastructure and human resources, rural people were caged in the web of grief and misery wherein even to see one’s loved one last time who succumbed to Coronavirus became an act of privilege.