Second Pandemic Wave Tests India’s Reforms and its Leader’s Popularity

... May 2021 marks two years since Narendra Modi was re-elected as the prime minister of India. In total, the Indian leader has been in power at the national level for 7 years... ... as Prime Minister in a positive light. In a very short span of time, the number of COVID-19 infected persons in India has skyrocketed—from 8,000 detected and officially... ... negative reaction from exalted orthodoxies, while the cancellation or postponement of elections in several important states would inevitably be perceived by N. Modi’s critics...