All across India there are scenes of devastation and desperation as the country grapples with a brutal second wave of Covid-19. What went wrong? And will this crisis have a lasting impact on the political future of Prime Minister Modi?

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-Amrit Dhillon, Freelance journalist for The Times.

-Hugh Tomlinson, South Asia correspondent for The Times.

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