A relief worker reflects on poverty

33-year-old Navin Shukla sees this lockdown as a disaster unfolding before our eyes

Over the last few weeks, the lockdown has forced us to become more aware of the poverty around us. This week, I reflected on this with 33-year-old Navin Shukla who has been providing food and hygiene relief kits to those who need them. A part of the exemplary disaster relief or­ganisation SEEDS, which has rolled out humanitarian response programmes ac­ross the country, Shukla sees this lockdown as a disaster unfolding before our eyes.

“Initially when we conducted a pilot study in north-east Delhi, the ground reality was heart-rending,” he said. “Wherever we went, we found people from the unorganised sector left