Over the past few months, gloom and doom prophecies have gained many followers — with good reason. A virus, COVID-19, has spread globally, with a speed and intensity not seen in our lifetimes. In India, we have had a spiralling increase in the number of cases and also of deaths. The lockdown, intended to save lives, destroyed livelihoods and threatened life itself for millions of daily wage workers as jobs and incomes evaporated.
The already-prevailing economic slowdown was exacerbated by the lockdown, and credible forecasts indicate negative growth for the year. To add to this already full cup. . .
