Letter to BS: People of India don't need gimmicks to prove collective will

People want to remind the government that they have always shown solidarity at the time of a national calamity or crisis

Addressing the nation via a video conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that the coronavirus threat could only be combatted with the full cooperation of the people, a token demonstration of which, he said, would be to light candles, lamps and mobile torches for nine minutes on April 5 at 9 pm. “There is no bigger force than our conviction and resolve. There is nothing we cannot achieve with these forces,” he said. Many are wondering when the world is busy fighting Covid-19 and scientists are trying to make a vaccine against the virus why did we first