31 MARCH INDIA’S LABOUR LOCKED OUT

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DEAR HOME SWEET HOME   I’M WALKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU         

HALF A MILLION OF US HEADING THE SAME WAY   OR MAYBE TWO MILLION                

IN OTHER YEARS THE ROUTE’S REVERSED  TRAVERSED FROM VILLAGE TO CITY   

MUMBAI   BANGALORE   DELHI     FOLLOW THE MONEY TO EATERIE AND FACTORY   NORMALLY LIVING  WHERE WE WORK      

AND IT’S GOODBYE TO ALL THAT   

BY CENTRAL DECREE  LOCKDOWN  MODI LOCKS US OUT OF FOOD AND SHELTER                        

WAGES DOCKED TO ZERO   HEROIC TREK HOME  THE ONLY OPTION   

UNTIL OUR HOME STATES ARE TOLD TO CLOSE THEIR BORDERS   PUSHING US BACK WHERE WE DON’T COME FROM   

WE’RE INDIA’S INTERNAL MIGRANTS 

DAY LABOUR WITHOUT A SINGLE DAY’S PAY

BETWEEN SHUTTERED CITIES AND THE VILLAGE THAT’S BARRED  NOW LOCKED IN A NO MAN’S LAND   

LOCKED DOWN & LOCKED OUT              

WISHING THAT INDIA’S INTERNAL MIGRANTS MAY FIND THE MEANS TO SURVIVE THE LOCKDOWN      
YOURS TRULY     
THE NEWS POET