I hope you all are aware that fellow Dalits are dying of starvation. This happened before COVID, and this is happening now too- but now it's much larger in number. These deaths won't be counted by the State, I hope at least we don't forget this. Rise against it! Rage against it!

"Till Sonia’s death last month, the family of five did not have a ration card nor did they get the rations promised by the government to the poor and vulnerable during the lockdown." https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-lockdown-death-and-hunger-stalk-village-in-agra/article32595049.ece

"Barely 7 km from the iconic Taj Mahal, the village of Jatavs, a caste of leatherworkers and shoemakers, with around 500 families lacks basic amenities and health facilities, including toilets and drinking water."

@cbhanp says- "Unlike migrant labourers who can return to their villages and rely on their agriculture land for subsistence, these artisans have no fall back. Moreover, due to their artisan status, they are not entitled to MNREGA work...

...No one in the government has thought of the impact that the lockdown will have on such category of people. Lockdown is a man-made disaster, and the government must urgently devise ways to rescue people from it like it does during floods and earthquakes.”