“Not all superheroes wear capes,” is a common sentiment across the world, acknowledging the real frontline heroes of the COVID19 crisis – medical staff, delivery service personnel, social workers, police officers and the like. In praise on these heroes on home ground, the Tamil Nadu…

The COVID-19 pandemic has now hit India full force and the whole country has locked down in a desperate attempt to contain its spread and avoid disaster. As I write this blog the Prime Minister has just announced a 21-day complete lockdown nationwide. Personally, this is the first time in life I have seen such a situation where the whole country has come to a halt and faces uncertainty.

In India, children continue to pay the heaviest price as they are the easiest and soft targets. In recent years there are innumerable cases of children being kidnapped, sexually abused, beaten up or forced to do labor – those kids could be of anyone (maybe…