Hunger stalks India's poor in pandemic double blow

By Agence France-Presse

May 30, 2021 3:11 pm

NEW DELHI: Rasheeda Jaleel lives in fear that she may not be able to feed her seven children as millions of Indian families are forced into poverty by a devastating new coronavirus wave.

The 40-year-old, her husband Abdul Jaleel, 65, and the children already survive on just one meal a day.

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