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In February India's governing party, the BJP, congratulated itself and its 鈥渧isionary鈥� leader, the prime minister, Narendra Modi,, for 鈥渄efeating Covid.鈥� Two months on India is in the midst of what one historian has termed 鈥渢he gravest crisis the nation has faced since Partition鈥� in 1947. Hundreds of thousands of new infections are reported every day and thousands of deaths. The peak may come in a few weeks. Meanwhile the country is short of hospital beds, oxygen and even wood for the funeral pyres. So what鈥檚 gone wrong? And what does India鈥檚 plight tell the rest of the world about the trajectory of the pandemic and when it might finally end?

Producers: Tim Mansel, Kirsteen Knight, Paul Moss
Studio Engineer: James Beard
Editor: Jasper Corbett