Commentary It’s been two weeks since I started reporting on the current COVID surge in India. It has been heartbreaking and I have often teared up while writing. It has also been inspiring witnessing stories of compassion, courage, and the triumph of the unshakable human spirit over adversity. I was on a reporting trip to the south of India in mid-April, a few days before the surge started. I returned to New Delhi in time for the lockdown. There was much to write and COVID reporting wasn’t on my priority list. But when I saw those drone images of pyre-crowded cremation grounds I decided to go out. Such images visible through drone cameras might literally be in one’s worst nightmares of the apocalypse. Probably that’s why they shocked our media-hooked selves. India is a big, puzzling nation—it can never stop to amaze you, quiz you, surprise you. The beauty of …