NEW DELHI : At 21, Madhav Kandu’s fears are getting the better of his studies. Locked up in his hostel in Tamil Nadu for the last one-and-a-half months, Kandu now wants one thing—to be able to return home to his family in Nepal. “I am scared and my priority right now is how to go back home.
The corona cases in India are growing and my family wants me to return," said Kandu, an engineering student at a leading private college in Salem.
With covid-19 cases on the rise, Kandu said he is becoming increasingly fearful as all of Nepal has fewer cases than Chennai.
Like him, thousands of international students in India, including those from Asia and Africa, are looking to go back home, pinning hopes on online classes. “The number of cases is