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EXCLUSIVE BANGLADESH FOREIGN MINISTER ADMITS... CRIME TECH-SAVVY TEENS YES, INDIA HELPED NAB MUJIB KILLER TERRORISE SCHOOLGIRLS ZOOM’S INDIA HEAD WARNING USERS AGAINST US WAS UNFORTUNATE EXCLUSIVE BEN STOKES: BAFFLED HOW VIRAT, ROHIT PLAYED AGAINST US MODI’S GREAT GAMBLE No free lunches in the biggest reforms PLUS CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER KRISHNAMURTHY SUBRAMANIAN OUT OF THE BOX IDEAS ON THE TABLE, TOO P. CHIDAMBARAM FORMER FINANCE MINISTER THIS GOVT IS OPPORTUNISTIC D. SUBBARAO, EX-RBI CHIEF CRISIS THE RIGHT TIME FOR REFORMS VOL. 38 NO. 22 THE WEEK MAY 31 2020 FOR THE WEEK MAY 25 - MAY 31 12 52 63 SALIL BERA SALIL GETTY IMAGES SPECIAL REPORT EXCLUSIVE @LEISURE India takes a big step in repairing ties In his new book, cricketer Ben Stokes With auditoriums and theatres with Bangladesh by helping it nab remembers his World Cup journey. closed, artistes are embracing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killers Plus: Excerpts from the book online platforms 18 CRIME 32 COVER STORY The Bois Locker COLUMNS Room case highlights 9 POWER POINT the need to give teeth Sachidananda Murthy to Indian cyberlaw 27 FORTHWRITE 22 GENE MUTATION Meenakshi Lekhi New variants of the novel coronavirus 46 DETOUR may hamper efforts Shobhaa De to create a vaccine 55 SOUND BITE Anita Pratap 28 KERALA The success of the 57 SCHIZO-NATION fight against Covid-19 Anuja Chauhan is also the success of women empow- 74 LAST WORD Shashi Tharoor CRISIS MANAGEMENT erment and welfare measure GETTY IMAGES Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 50 BUSINESS till October: Prem Singh New users were using Tamang, Sikkim chief TOUGH LOVE Zoom in an unse- minister The government offers not cash, but a fighting chance. cured way: Sameer Indians are expected to take that chance and make things Raje, India head, 58 PHOTO-FEATURE Zoom happen, and thereby become self-reliant. THE WEEK takes With no customers, sad- a closer look at the grand plan and its possible risks 56 INTERVIEW dle horses survive on No entry for tourists the kindness of a few Plus COVER IMAGING BINESH SREEDHARAN ◆ Voices: Krishnamurthy Subramanian, chief economic Printed at Malayala Manorama Press, Kottayam, Print House India Pvt adviser; P. Chidambaram, former Union finance Ltd, Mumbai, M P Printers, Noida, and Rajhans Enterprises, Bengaluru, minister; D. Subbarao, former RBI governor and published from Manorama Buildings, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi-682 036, by Jacob Mathew, on behalf of the Malayala Manorama Co.Ltd., ◆ What do the reforms in space and defence mean? Kottayam-686 001. Editor Philip Mathew • Focus/Infocus features are paid marketing/PR initiatives ◆ The challenge for banks 2 THE WEEK • MAY 31, 2020 MAY 31, 2020 • THE WEEK 3 LETTERS e Centre’s special e government should China, the lockdown families back home by Editor Philip Mathew nancial packages, also bring investment was only in Wuhan, hanging on to their jobs. Chief Associate Editor & Director Riyad Mathew announced by Union in backward and tribal and there were very few K.V. Prasad, Editor-in-Charge V.S. Jayaschandran Senior News Editor Stanley Thomas nance minister, are areas, as that will help restrictions in other On email. News Editor Lukose Mathew a welcome move. It create jobs. places in the country. In Deputy News Editors Mathew T. George, Maijo Abraham, Ajish P. Joy covers all segments of Also, this is the the US, severe lockdown Smart police Resident Editor, Delhi K.S. Sachidananda Murthy society, like the middle- occasion for the was in place only in e Covid-19 crisis has Chief of Bureau, Delhi R. Prasannan class, farmers, migrants, government to make sure some states. transformed policing Chief of Bureau, Mumbai Dnyanesh V. Jathar corporate and so on. that slums do not exist in It is a matter of pride priorities across India. Deputy Chief of Bureau, Delhi Neeru Bhatia Chief Subeditors Susamma Kurian, Further, it aims to revive India, as the condition that Indians, by and Across the country Navin J. Antony the small and medium there is extremely large, behaved very police are becoming Senior Subeditors Anirudha Karindalam, Anirudh Madhavan scale industries. It should unhealthy. Respective responsibly during the people-friendly. But, Subeditors Diya Mathew, Karthik Ravindranath, be accepted by all that state governments, with lockdown. in the initial few days Reuben Joe Joseph, Nirmal Jovial the Centre’s approach the help of the Central Tanushri Nagori, of the lockdown, some On email. SENIOR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS is reasonable and government, should policemen had taken Delhi: Rekha Dixit, Mandira Nayar, Hyderabad: Rahul Devulapalli constructive. relocate people from law into their hands and Namrata Biji Ahuja, Soni Mishra, Kochi: Anjuly Mathai I hope all state slums to special housing were seen mercilessly K. Sunil Thomas Take care Srinagar: Tariq Ahmad Bhat SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS governments will act projects near their current Migrants have no option beating people who had Lucknow: Puja Awasthi Bengaluru: Mini P. Thomas, Kolkata: Rabi Banerjee with responsibility, homes. but to leave, but their unknowingly come out Abhinav Singh Delhi: Sneha Bhura On right direction using the relief package Tigin omas, mass movement to on the streets (‘e force SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS Mumbai: Priyanka Bhadani, Delhi: Pratul Sharma, Namita Kohli, Pooja Biraia Jaiswal e government of India should do everything to solve problems faced On email. their home states will awakens’, May 17). Pradip R. Sagar possible to revive the economy and help by various sections of have serious economic It is mostly the Bengaluru: Prathima Nandakumar Thiruvananthapuram: Cithara Paul CHIEF REPORTER businesses in such distressed times. e society, and desist from e lockdown in India implications (‘Rites constables that are Mumbai: Nachiket Kelkar UAE: Raju Mathew, Dubai economic stimulus package, announced by playing petty politics. has continued for more of return’, May 17). sweating it out on the Chennai Lakshmi Subramanian Bhopal: Sravani Sarkar Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, V.S. Ganeshan, than 60 days, and we ese workers cannot streets, and it would be Ahmedabad: Nandini Gunavantrai Oza has already infused positive sentiment in the On email. are doing everything stay in their home better if ocers also Photo Editor: Sanjoy Ghosh Art Editor: Jayakrishnan M.T. industry, and it will keep us going (‘Pay and possible to contain the states for long and will joined them. In some Deputy Photo Editors Assistant Art Editor: Binesh Sreedharan win’, May 17). A blend of scal stimulus disease. Now, the time have to return to their states, police even Bhanu Prakash Chandra, Salil Bera Senior Infographic Businesses should not only refound, but and nancial sector has come to gradually workplace sooner rather organised birthday Chief Photographers Designer: Sreemanikandan S. Delhi: Arvind Jain, Sanjay Ahlawat Illustrator: B. Bhaskaran also adapt to the changes that have been reforms are needed open the economy. than later. parties for children. Mumbai: Janak Bhat, Amey Suhas Mansabdar Layout Artist: B. Manojkumar brought about by this mighty crisis that we are to pick up investment No country can go on ere are some wise ere was an instance Photographer Designers: Deni Lal, Job P.K. facing today. e move by the government, and consumption in permanent lockdown migrants who are where Delhi Police paid Delhi: Aayush Goel Graphic Designer: Syam Krishnan Chief Picture Coordinator Artists: Rajesh A.S., Sumesh C.N., on reducing reliance on China by promoting India. e onus is on mode. Restrictions should staying put at the place siren tribute to Gurdwara Bimal Nath C. Sujesh K., Ajeesh Kumar M., Jairaj T.G. local industry is very smart, and will be richly the government to continue in hotspots, but where they are working. Bangla Sahib, which has Research: Jomy M. Joseph Senior Researcher: Rani G.S. rewarded in the days to come. ere remains fast-track investment there has to considerable is crisis will end soon, been feeding people Photo Archivist: Deepak Joy T. so much potential for Make in India, and we clearances, as that has relaxations in other or so they believe. Less every day during the THEWEEK.IN should capitalise on it even more when we always been a problem places. emotional, they do not lockdown. Way to go! New Media Coordinator Neeraj Krishnan come out of the pandemic. for India. Red tape is ere is no other want to lose their jobs Atul Yadav, Deputy New Media Coordinator Sarath Ramesh Kuniyl Tapesh Nagpal, what foreign investors country, as large as India, and want to help their On email. Senior Subeditors Hazeeda Vijayakumar, Sumitra Nair, Vaisakh E. Hari, Ancy K. Sunny, On email. hate the most, and the that went into a complete Jose K. George, Justin Paul George government should end lockdown for close to Subeditors Vinod V.K., Anita Babu, Varun Ramesh Balan such a regressive system. two months. Even in Time to adjust will have to adjust Senior Researcher Saju C. Daniel It is the best time for to it. e admission Multimedia Rahul J. Mohan, Vipin Das P. educational institutions process in colleges is Executive Director George Jacob to change with cumbersome, and it Vice President, Marketing, Advertising Sales Varghese Chandy SUBSCRIPTIONS/CUSTOMER CARE CIRCULATION Hyderabad: BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE EDITORIAL innovative technology takes so much time. For all subscription related inquiries Bengaluru: 040-23314168/23324692 Bengaluru: Manorama Buildings, P.B. No. 26, Manorama Buildings, Vice President, Circulation M. Rajagopalan Nair please write, email or fax to 080-22247735/22247736 Kolkata: 033- 24198233 080-22867345, 22867050 Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India. P.B. 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