Hungry and without hope, thousands of migrant workers streamed out of Indian cities after PM Modi announced a 21-day lockdown. The last time so many Indians covered such long distances on foot was probably during Partition.
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01:00and the children are dying of starvation.
01:07If we could get food, why would we take the children and run away?
01:10We are not crazy.
01:12That's why when the children die of starvation, they die more from hunger.
02:16I am a hard-working man, my rickshaw is closed, my factories are closed, I have nothing to eat, what will I do?
02:28I don't have anything. Yesterday, I returned the flour to the ration shop, but I didn't have money.
02:34Earlier, I used to borrow money, but now I don't have cash, so how will I borrow money?