Monthly Archives: January 2021

The student had reached kolkata on the night of January 23. She had travelled to Kochi the next day from where she went to her hometown in Thrissur. She was 20 years, healthy but was worried. She had reasons to be. Next day, she walked to the nearest primary health centre at Mathilakam to giveContinue reading “Remembering January 23, 2020”

( My personal opinion, not one of those numerous meta analyses .) Today, We are given the first dose of Covaxin. All the Health Care Workers got it. We didn’t have a choice. Health care Workers in India got the Covid Vaccine free of cost and on a priority basis. This is an huge advantage.Continue reading “Why did I always want to have Covaxin instead of any other one ?”

Soon India is going to vaccinate ONE CRORE of its Health workers. It will be immediately followed by 3 CRORE Front Line workers and 27 crore elderly peoples and citizens with other medical conditions. That is a staggering 30 crores people getting injections over a period, say one year. Then one elderly person in yourContinue reading “Death after a vaccine shot”

CO-WIN platform: when the Platform is bigger than the Product. Here is a question for you. How many cars does Uber own ? Or Ola ? … Nil.  Uber is the biggest taxi service in the world. How many hotel rooms does OYO own ? Or Airbnb? … Nil. Airbnb is the largest lodging andContinue reading “COWIN the Platform”