Barkha Dutt: The stories behind the numbers
Hindustan TimesThere are now an estimated 1.3 billion pandemic stories in India. It made me step back and ask, ‘Had I lost touch with why I became a journalist to begin with?” says Barkha Dutt. In her new book, To Hell and Back, journalist Barkha Dutt, 50, calls them all “the humans of Covid”. It made me step back and ask, ‘Had I lost touch with why I became a journalist to begin with?’” As the pandemic lashed out across India, and Dutt took to the road for what was indubitably some old-school pavement-pounding reportage, she says she underwent a personal and professional transformation. But then on the other hand, you had these extraordinary volunteers… and in the second wave, the way people turned to each other.” *** In her book, and this interview, Dutt speaks of how “even the middle class has been damaged” by the pandemic “in a way that we haven’t fully comprehended”.
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