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
Like illegal migrants who cross borders elsewhere in the world, people heading out to their villages walk, wait, run and dodge behind residential complexes adjoining the Delhi-UP highway. They’ve walked for hours from across Delhi to get here and see no reason to turn back. There’s nothing back there, many say, as if referring to a city that no longer exists.