Poignant images have appeared that are reminiscent of Partition pictures “Hunger will kill us before the virus gets to us." This is the refrain of migrant labourers either on a long walk, or in a crush of people at a bus terminal, to reach what they seem to assume would be the safety of their homes in the countryside.
It’s an exodus of daily-wage earners from big cities, set off largely by survival anxiety in the wake of India’s 21-day Covid-19 lockdown.
Poignant images have appeared that are reminiscent of Partition pictures. Men, women and children are seen walking along, their belongings wrapped in cloth and dangled at the end of sticks on their shoulders.