If you want the local trains to start, Covid-19 must depart… sing seven priests from a South Mumbai church, in a song that is going viral on several chat groups. That report in the Sunday edition of this paper though is not the focus of this edit, local trains are.

Reports have poured in stating that fully vaccinated Mumbaikars will be allowed to take the lifeline of the city from Independence Day onwards. That surely opens the most significant chapter in the unlocking story of the Coronavirus fight, given the lifeline status of trains in this commuting city.