Ramaswami: Hiren Gohain 27 Apr 2020 Covid Politics: Stronger States, Weaker Citizens Representational image. | Image Courtesy: Sabrang India Some people, I am sure, will react with distaste to the idea of a politics of Coronavirus. I am sure they will say, “Look, these fellows find politics in everything!” But it is not as far-fetched as it sounds. When stripped to the bare-bones of a science of pathology, or masked by clinical statistics, it may not promise much of a political purchase. But if we consider its present and future social impact, its political character hits us between the eyes. For it impinges heavily on lives and livelihoods of millions of people who are bound to respond to this unprecedented crisis in ways necessitating political action.