Walking, Dodging, Hiding, Waiting: Delhi in the time of the Virus
Walking, Dodging, Hiding, Waiting: Delhi in the time of the Virus
It isn't as if people aren't bothered about the deathly coronavirus. We are more bothered about a question that has been thrown at us in the throes of the lockdown: Where do we belong? And to whom? A visual report
The humble ‘rumaal’ is the Great Protector of sorts in these times. Ask Bechan Kamat, vendor of handkerchiefs and ‘mata ki chunni’ (a fabric offered to a Goddess) for the last 22 years in Sarita Vihar. Handkerchief sales have overtaken the chunni, he says.