As the Court Finally Steps in on the plight of Migrant Workers, cant help wondering why this didnt come 2 months sooner. In this thread some people I urge you to remember & think of. Mukesh Mandal, he sold his phone for 2500 rupees, then took his own life

Then there is Seema, who broke down in my arms, after a third failed attempt to cross the border on foot, with her small children, to be turned back on foot again to where she lived without wages or work

Here's Jyoti, 15 years old, who cycled 1200 Kms with her father sitting on the seat behind her. "I cannot tell you how many times I wanted to give up" she says as we try and romanticize her ordeal to make us feel better about ourselves

Here's Vikas Kalindi from Jharkand whose brother was among those killed in the Auriya accident. "They treated us like Lawaris Janwar" he said of his ride half way home on an open truck with bodies placed on ice that melted

This is Vishnu, stuffed like a sardine with hundreds of others into the back of a truck. "Id rather die from the virus at home, than poverty here"

This is Pinki, the sister of Ranveer Singh who died from a heart attack while walking on foot from Delhi to M.P 80 kms short of home. "Come and Take me if you can" were his last words.

These are the group of cement workers who chased every truck on the highway for a ride begging, crying, offering to sell their belongings. 'We will die but we will never return"

This is 9 year old Nitin. What Does Coronavirus mean? "It means I cannot get food." I could go on about the hundreds of men, women, and children I have met in 73 days. I suppose I am grateful for the courts intervention but it has come tragically too late