All stories by Dominic Xavier
Dom's Take: Xi, World Wants to KNOW!
Rediff.com31 May 2021Dominic Xavier's take on the ongoing global debate about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Dom's Take: Why Lakshadweep?
Rediff.com27 May 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's policies which have angered and upset the majority Muslim population of the Union Territory.
Dom's Take: Social Media, Join the Force!
Rediff.com26 May 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the central government's new diktat for Social Media platforms.
Dom's Take: Smart Science?
Rediff.com25 May 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the controversy featuring Baba Ramdev and the Indian Medical Association.
Dom's Take: India Wants This CVC
Rediff.com12 May 2021Dominic Xavier highlights the CVC India needs.
Dom's Take: Kab Milegi Vaccine!
Rediff.com11 May 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the vaccine crisis angering India's youth.
Dom's Take: What's More Important?
Rediff.com7 May 2021Dominic Xavier wonders what's more important for India: A new house for the prime minister or protecting the lives of every Indian through efficient and urgent healthcare.
Dom's Take: Total Lockdown 2.0?
Rediff.com4 May 2021Dominic Xavier wonders if Modi will impose a national lockdown to try and end the death and suffering that has ravaged our land.
Dom's Take: SOS, Modiji
Rediff.com3 May 2021Now that he is free from election responsibilities, Dominic Xavier hopes the prime minister will fix the Oxygen Crisis URGENTLY!
Dom's Take: Game Over Modi
Rediff.com2 May 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on Mamata's Election Triumph.
Dom's Take: Everything Else Can Wait...
Rediff.com30 Apr 2021The results of the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal are hours away and Dominic Xavier wonders if a fresh government battleplan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will only materialise after the electoral outcome is known.
Dom's Take: Covid times, but CVP must go on
Rediff.com29 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier is mystified by Modi's refusal to halt a scheme whose funds would be better deployed in providing better healthcare -- and yes, free vaccines -- to the Indian people.
Dom's Take: All Well With You, Dr?
Rediff.com28 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier is startled by the minister's claim which may seem delusional at a time when India is saddened and shocked by the scenes of COVID-19 patients dying in its cities and towns and when those struck by coronavirus struggle to find hospital beds, oxygen and medicines
Dom's Take: The Vaccine Cost Controversy
Rediff.com27 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the controversy over the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine post May 1.
Dom's Take: Even China, Pakistan want to Help!
Rediff.com26 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier on how several nations -- including China and Pakistan -- have offered India help to deal with the COVID-19 Crisis.
Dom's Take: Covid Leadership Crisis
Rediff.com24 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Covid Leadership Crisis confronting India, which registered the highest number of COVID-19 cases on the planet at least twice this week.
Dom's Take: India's Oxygen Crisis
Rediff.com22 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Oxygen Crisis confronting India after the surge in COVID-19 infections.
Dom's Take: The Plight of the Migrants
Rediff.com21 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier offers his take on the plight of the migrant workers.
Dom's Take: India Mourns With You
Rediff.com20 Apr 2021Dominic Xavier mourns for the hundreds of Indians who have lost their lives in the pandemic and grieves with their families.