Invisible in the pandemic fires, a slow burn of hunger and distress across India
Invisible in the pandemic fires, a slow burn of hunger and distress across India
As lockdowns get extended in cities, the working-class is back to cutting down on food. This time, there are no community kitchens to fall back on. 6 hours ago A non-profit organisation distributing free food to needy people outside a railway station in Mumbai on May 16, 2021. | Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
Sanju Devi stood wearily, clutching a cloth bag outside a ration shop. It had been a month since Delhi had gone under lockdown to contain a deadly surge of coronavirus cases and over three weeks since the prime minister had announced extra foodgrains for two months for 800 million people enrolled under the National Food Security Act.