Inside Varanasi's Burning Ghats During the Darkest Days of COVID
But on the banks of the Ganga, another group laboured unseen amid an endless procession of death. This question led me towards a new chapter in my assignment.\r\nIT cell trolls had launched a scathing campaign against those of us who reported from the ground, holding us responsible for ‘spreading negativity’. As the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, any news coming from the ground was subjected to intense scrutiny.\r\nThe evening I reached Varanasi was marked by the haunting images of the Ganga ghats.
- ▪But on the banks of the Ganga, another group laboured unseen amid an endless procession of death.
- ▪This question led me towards a new chapter in my assignment.\r\nIT cell trolls had launched a scathing campaign against those of us who reported from the ground, holding us responsible for ‘spreading negativity’.
- ▪As the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, any news coming from the ground was subjected to intense scrutiny.\r\nThe evening I reached Varanasi was marked by the haunting images of the Ganga ghats.
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