FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Multiple Covid-19 epidemiological models projected doom for India in 2020. In March, as India imposed an unprecedented nationwide lockdown, an expert from a Washington DC-based public health research organisation forecast up to 300 million cases and 200,000-250,000 deaths in India. In August, a modelling study by the Institute for Health and Metrics Evaluation at the University of Washington estimated India to see nearly 500,000 deaths by the end of the year. It was easy to believe these nightmarish predictions. India, with its densely-packed urban centres and abysmal health infrastructure, seemed