[deskamess]

You have a lot of good points and they generally align with what I have heard from family in India. Your post does not deserve to be down voted but I am not surprised. Any article/post against Modi, the Modi govt, BJP, or highlighting the issues of the caste system gets down voted on HN so that it has very little time on the front page. Their IT cell has a far reach.

Someone else in this thread posted that COVID is seasonal and the reason for the current wave is environmental; that post is not getting down voted. Blame has been assigned to a non-Modi entity so I guess all is well.

Hubris was a big part of this. Modi made the statements himself about how well India handled COVID and is now about to help the world. Has egg on his face now but it wont matter. There is enough time to make his own people forget about his mismanagement and lack of empathy before the next election.