Lakshman and his family, who belong to the Dhegu Megu SC community of Kodambal in Karnataka and worship Goddess Mariyamma, dance and whip themselves to earn a living in Mumbai.
Gopal Gupta, a vegetable vendor in Kalyan who tested Covid positive in March, spent nearly Rs 5 lakhs on private healthcare and still lost him later in a public hospital.
With their money running out and little food and water available, cancer patients living on footpaths near the Tata Memorial Hospital are caught in the lockdown, with no way home.
