NEW DELHI -- Deepak Kumar, a father of two little girls in the Indian capital city, is now forced to sell French fries on a footpath after he lost his job last year in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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A rickshaw puller in Delhi in August 2020. Due to the pandemic, many Indians still use public transport only when they must, severely impacting transportation workers' income. © Reuters
NEW DELHI -- Deepak Kumar, a father of two little girls in the Indian capital city, is now forced to sell French fries on a footpath after he lost his job last year in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.