Children who live on the streets of the city ordinarily have a tough time, but after the coronavirus epidemic and lockdown, their lives have become tougher. Shops and eateries are closed, so if they are wastepickers there is no money to be earned. Their parents too have lost their jobs.
Sixteen-year-old Priya lives in a slum near the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), at Kashmiri Gate in central Delhi. With the pandemic her studies at the Government Senior Secondary School, Mori Gate, ground to a halt. So did afternoon classes at the NGO, Butterflies’ open-air learning. . .