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At @scroll_in we are documenting the brutal impact of the lockdown on the Indian economy through stories of individuals and firms from around the country.
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. @VijaytaL reports on a taxi driver in Delhi who paid salaries to his employees even without making any earnings.
He went to a bank to apply for a loan after the government announced special credit to small businesses.
He was told: "No forms" https://scroll.in/article/964543/hard-times-this-delhi-taxi-stand-owner-tried-to-pay-salaries-despite-no-earnings-during-lockdown
He went to a bank to apply for a loan after the government announced special credit to small businesses.
He was told: "No forms" https://scroll.in/article/964543/hard-times-this-delhi-taxi-stand-owner-tried-to-pay-salaries-despite-no-earnings-during-lockdown
. @psychia90 reports on a momo vendor in Guwahati who does not have customers even after the lockdown eased up.
“All the money that I had, I put into buying and setting up the new shop which I can’t even open now.” https://scroll.in/article/963892/hard-times-people-are-just-scared-to-eat-out-says-momo-vendor-in-guwahati
“All the money that I had, I put into buying and setting up the new shop which I can’t even open now.” https://scroll.in/article/963892/hard-times-people-are-just-scared-to-eat-out-says-momo-vendor-in-guwahati
. @Ankitabose92 reports on how salons are coping with the coronavirus pandemic. They are avoiding services like facials, manicure and pedicure that involve close contact – but are the ones they make money on.
"Our entire business model is in a fix.” https://scroll.in/article/964524/hard-times-indian-salon-chains-struggle-with-low-footfalls-and-staff-shortages-in-post-covid-ww
"Our entire business model is in a fix.” https://scroll.in/article/964524/hard-times-indian-salon-chains-struggle-with-low-footfalls-and-staff-shortages-in-post-covid-ww
Movie theatres are expected to be among the last indoor spaces that will be allowed to resume operations.
@nandiniramnath on the worst-ever crisis in the life of the iconic Bharatmata cinema set up in central Mumbai in 1939 https://scroll.in/article/964550/hard-times-with-cinemas-shut-because-of-covid-19-a-single-screen-owner-faces-his-worst-ever-crisis
@nandiniramnath on the worst-ever crisis in the life of the iconic Bharatmata cinema set up in central Mumbai in 1939 https://scroll.in/article/964550/hard-times-with-cinemas-shut-because-of-covid-19-a-single-screen-owner-faces-his-worst-ever-crisis
“On a normal day, if you take a walk through this area, you will hear the sound of the nail chipping away at the stones. It is like music. The sound has now fallen silent.”
@sruthisagar spoke to a sculptor in Mahabalipuram about lockdown losses. https://scroll.in/article/962901/hard-times-in-mahabhalipuram-covid-19-lockdown-silences-the-chipping-sound-of-this-sculptor
@sruthisagar spoke to a sculptor in Mahabalipuram about lockdown losses. https://scroll.in/article/962901/hard-times-in-mahabhalipuram-covid-19-lockdown-silences-the-chipping-sound-of-this-sculptor
“If the workers had been given time to travel home before the lockdown, they would have been back by now. But they could leave only in May, and will not be back before mid-August."
@AarefaJohari spoke to a yarn trader in the textile hub of Surat https://scroll.in/article/964489/hard-times-the-people-in-the-middle-suffer-the-most-says-yarn-trader-from-surat
@AarefaJohari spoke to a yarn trader in the textile hub of Surat https://scroll.in/article/964489/hard-times-the-people-in-the-middle-suffer-the-most-says-yarn-trader-from-surat
“This uncertainty – in a business which is dictated by the idea of mahurats – has put a lot of us in a spin."
@ZoyaMat reports on how Covid has crippled the Big Fat Indian Wedding industry https://scroll.in/article/964467/hard-times-planners-and-photographers-struggle-with-uncertainty-in-big-fat-wedding-industry
@ZoyaMat reports on how Covid has crippled the Big Fat Indian Wedding industry https://scroll.in/article/964467/hard-times-planners-and-photographers-struggle-with-uncertainty-in-big-fat-wedding-industry
“Everyday, some people call and ask me to restart their papers, and then call again to cancel because their neighbours are uncomfortable."
@AarefaJohari reports on the struggles of a newspaper vendor in Mumbai https://scroll.in/article/964158/hard-times-after-the-lockdown-a-newspaper-vendor-in-mumbai-is-losing-clients-to-online-media
@AarefaJohari reports on the struggles of a newspaper vendor in Mumbai https://scroll.in/article/964158/hard-times-after-the-lockdown-a-newspaper-vendor-in-mumbai-is-losing-clients-to-online-media
