Rupa Subramanya is a researcher and commentator. She is a distinguished fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the co-author of "Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India."
When wage laborers were laid off, female workers bore the brunt of the job losses


Women queue outside a vaccination center in Gurugram on Aug. 13: the impacts on women were especially devastating. © Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Rupa Subramanya is a researcher and commentator. She is a distinguished fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the co-author of "Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India."