Coronavirus lockdown: if India treats its migrant workers like dirt, blame it on caste

All governments like to make pious noises about the poor, democratically elected ones even more so. Even if they are run by elites with little genuine interest in the well-being of the unwashed, they at least put up a show of caring. It’s not just virtue-signalling, it’s survival. Which is what makes India’s handling of the coronavirus lockdown so baffling. The political leadership of the world’s biggest democracy these days doesn’t even pretend that it cares about the poor working class.Ever…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3084650/coronavirus-lockdown-if-india-treats-its-migrant-workers-dirt