After Covid, a pandemic of hunger looms large in MP – Counter Currents
Bhopal: Four-year-old Gudiya* (name changed) smiles shyly as she eats salted rice from a plate that she shares with her two sisters. The three girls from Birhulia village in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh haven’t eaten dal in the last few weeks and are surviving on plain rice and chapatis with salt. Their parents, both daily wagers, haven’t found work since the lockdown began and cannot purchase food.