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RSS FeedsIndia has panicked. Now the millions who power the country are suffering | Vivek Menezes
(The Guardian India)

 
 

8 april 2020 14:54:01

 
India has panicked. Now the millions who power the country are suffering | Vivek Menezes
(The Guardian India)
 


Sudden and strict coronavirus lockdowns have hit the poor hardest - no wonder workers are deserting the citiesCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMiramar beach sprawls desolate outside my home in Panjim, the capital of Goa. April is the domestic tourist season in India´s smallest state, usually characterised by crowds. I´m accustomed to winding through masses of people at sunset. But now there´s almost no one.Such is life under the world´s strictest lockdown. At 8pm on 24 March, prime minister Narendra Modi announced that India would shut down in four hours. As he spoke, chaos erupted. Panicked mobs besieged the shops. Then, as buses and trains were cancelled, millions of migrant workers took to the roads on foot, streaming towards home in scenes that recall the partition photographs of Margaret Bourke-White. Related: `We are very afraid`: scramble to contain coronavirus in Mumbai slum Related: `We are very afraid`: scramble to contain coronavirus in Mumbai slum Related: Hancock asks industry leaders to help find viable antibody test Vivek Menezes is a writer, photographer, and the co-founder and co-curator of the Goa Arts & Literature Festival Continue reading...


 
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