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The time to help India is NOW! (Covid related)

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Of the 5 closest and dearest friends I have, 2 hail from the great country of India, including the godparent to my beautiful daughter (yes, that you Lalit and Vishal). Many of the smartest, most capable, and hardest working individuals I have ever met or come across, are Indian. This should not come as a surprise as just under 20% of the world's population is Indian, but still... Being a large population doesn't always guarantee success. For example, India does underperform on the global sporting stage. In the history of the Olympics, India has won a grand total of 9 gold medals and only 28 medals in all - the same total as Michael Phelps has won in his illustrious career. I digress however. Back to the point of this post, helping India in the face of this Covid crisis. For the major part of 2020, the US was a global laughing stock with regards to its handling of the Covid pandemic. We led the world in cases with the famous statistic with only 4% of the world's population w...