ram madhav in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. us begin with the coronavirus situation in your country. officials in your government have proclaimed the success of your lockdown policy, have pointed to a relatively low number of deaths, but right now, we see the curve — the infection rate curve in india seems to be rising, and rising alarmingly. do you think your government has been complacent? we are 15% of the world's population, yet if you look at the rate of the affected people in india, it is very low, and you are right, that there is some rise in numbers recently, but if you look at the period during the tightened lockdown, that was the first four weeks, it was strictly under control. as we relax the lockdown a little bit, there is a little rise in the cases, but it is very much limited to a few areas, it is contained in that sense. yeah, that's what worries some of the scientists, epidemiologists in your country, that you are easing the lockdown very significantly in large parts of the country, while, to quote bhramar mukhe