Gaurav Kumar Sharma is a heartbroken man. After the lockdown upended his livelihood for more than two months, he was relieved when things slowly returned to normal: Shops and markets reopened, and people began stepping out of their homes
"I drive [my autorickshaw] from morning to night, and all I save [these days] is ₹200-250 a day after paying for fuel and rent for the rickshaw," Sharma told IndiaSpend
In December 2020, he was surprised that tomatoes were selling for ₹80 a kilo at the Mohammadpur mandi near R.K. Puram in South Delhi. That day, he did not buy his essential groceries