Covering India's Covid crisis: "Hundreds of journalists have lost their lives"
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May 03 2021 at 6:00 AM GMT
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- Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19.
- Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did" Kakoli was the Guardian's news assistant over here and had worked for us since 2009.
- She could find any number or contact I needed and smoothed over any and all of the bureaucratic challenges that working in India can present.
- She made reporting here a huge joy, when it could be a huge challenge, and she was hugely well thought of by journalists for other organisations too.
- More than that, though, she was the person who welcomed me to Delhi.
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- Published May 3, 2021 6:00 AM GMT