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Jamlo’s long walk home through lockdown
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June 03, 2021 14:12 IST
Through the compelling ‘Jamlo Walks’, documentary filmmaker and writer Samina Mishra tells the story of India’s COVID-19 lockdown through the eyes of its children
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Through the compelling ‘Jamlo Walks’, documentary filmmaker and writer Samina Mishra tells the story of India’s COVID-19 lockdown through the eyes of its children
On April 18, 2020, Jamalo Makdan, a 12-year-old, died while walking from the chilli fields of Telangana to her home in Chhattisgarh after a nationwide lockdown was announced due to COVID-19 outbreak. She was among a group of migrant workers who, like many others across the country, decided to return home on foot. Her story touched filmmaker Samina Mishra so deeply that she made it into a book, the recently released