PHOTOS: How a pandemic changed everything for these students

A streetdweller takes it upon herself to homeschool her grandchildren; six year olds learn to take care of themselves—school's out, but there's a lot yet to be learned

Jul 11, 2020, 08:14 IST6 min
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<p><strong>Ahmedabad</strong>: Vansh Pathak, 7</p> <p>Every evening, Vansh Pathak would look forward to his yoga sessions. During the pandemic, when everyone has been taking online classes...
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<p><strong>Mumbai:&nbsp</strong>Meena and her grandchildren</p> <p>Meena has been a street dweller for a couple of years now. When she was a child, her mother left the family, and they beg...
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<p><strong>Gurgaon</strong>: Lakshay and Prachi Narang, ages 26 and 24</p> <p>For the Narang siblings, the pandemic dramatically changed what their future would look like. Lakshay complete...
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<p><strong>Jharkhand:&nbsp</strong>Students of<strong>&nbsp</strong>Bankathi Upgraded Middle School</p> <p>When affluent urban schools and colleges have moved classes online, for some stud...
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<p><strong>Ahmedabad</strong>: Ananya and Aditya Abraham, Age 6</p> <p>For Ananya and Aditya, six-year-old twins, everything changed as soon as the pandemic hit. Their doctor parents would...
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<p><strong>Ajmer</strong>: Shivani (who goes by her first name only), age 20</p> <p>Twenty-year-old Shivani runs up to the terrace with her phone and notebook. She is in the middle of an o...
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<p><strong>Delhi:&nbsp</strong>A Guruvardhan, 16</p> <p>Every morning by 7.50 am, Guruvardhan would be ready for his school bus to pick him up from Shankar Vihar in Delhi. By 1.15 pm, he w...
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<p><strong>Chennai:&nbsp</strong>Miraya and Keahn Dadabhoy, aged 10 and 8</p> <p>The Dadabhoy children took up teaching origami via Instagram during the lockdown. I&rsquom teaching origami...
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