Covid-19 lockdown: Who will prevent a hunger pandemic?

Both hunger and poverty are likely to increase acutely and may become chronic in the months to come

Recent events suggest that a “hunger pandemic” may be emerging in India as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On the intervening night of May 12 and 13, five men broke into Gajanand Parotha House, an eatery in Junagadh. They cooked some rice and potato curry, and left the kitchen as clean as they had found it without stealing a thing. The owner refused to file a police complaint.

On May 7, a video of migrant workers fighting violently over food inside a train at Satna railway station went viral. A week later workers travelling on a Shramik Special from