'They say time heals everything. As a reporter, I must soldier on. As a daughter, sister, wife, mother and daughter-in-law, I'm grateful for my family's well-being. But as an Indian, a part of me will probably never heal,' writes CNN's Vedika Sud | Opinion
Wearing a crumpled pastel T-shirt, jeans and a white face mask, a grieving young man performed the final rites at Nigambodh Ghat, one of Delhi's biggest crematoriums. He looked lost, numb and exhausted. Accompanied by a family member, Madhur Chawla followed the priests' directions almost robotically.
He'd lost his 49-year-old mother to Covid-19. Madhur couldn't bring himself to immerse the ashes of his mother -- while his relative obliged, the 27-year-old sat on a bench close by. CNN Reporter Vedika SudIn a war, you know who you're fighting against. But in this war, the enemy has been an invisible, deadly virus, striking at will -- taking someone's last breath with it.
Hospital staff in India stretched thin to breaking point 08:29India reported more than 350,000 cases of Covid-19 that day, April 26.When I went on air on Becky Anderson's show"Connect The World" the next evening to share what I'd seen, I couldn't hold back my tears. It wasn't easy to set aside my emotions and speak only as a reporter. These were my fellow countrymen. Deep down, I constantly feared for my family.
'I've never seen anything like this': Clarissa Ward on India Covid-19 crisis 06:37The next morning, I was scheduled to speak with CNN's Michael Holmes on India's staggering caseload. Ten minutes before we were set to go live from the hotel, I received a message on my phone. Another former colleague and friend, Aashiish Kumar, was no more.Infected with Covid, Kumar's oxygen levels had dropped.
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