With more than 8,600 COVID cases on Thursday and new, unenviable peaks being scaled daily, the time for odious one-upmanship, the tendency to ask why me and not them, is well and truly over. One is referring to COVID-19 cases in Mumbai and the shocking attitude of people being hit by new and tighter restrictions feeling victimised or unfairly targeted.

This newspaper had some months ago warned people not to fall prey to the false and incendiary statements by several political leaders, about one religion being favoured over the other, in this pandemic. This is not about a particular religion or a particular place of worship. This is about curbing crowds in the pandemic. It is that simple.