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Romita Saluja

Farzana Bibi, a maid female domestic servant, a resident in a slum, says she, used to earn Rupees 300 a day ($2.6), she says she has been told not to continue to stop the spread of the virus, as India remains under an unprecedented extended lockdown over the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 22, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

Pandemic brings new hardships to India’s domestic workers

Romita Saluja