An Excerpt from My COVID Diary
4th May 2021 Tuesday Dear Diary, It’s thirty-seven minutes past one and I’m breathing; others are not. I’ve paused Madan Gowri Anna’s video to sit and write this. He says 24 people have died in one night in Karnataka, where I live. The hospital where they died might not be far away from where I’m staying. I’ve always looked at doctors as though they had the power of Panacea. To know even the doctors couldn’t save them is a harsh blow breaking the tiny bubble I was trying to live in. And the people, they’ve all died trying to breathe. I’m suddenly becoming more and more aware of every...