NEW DELHI: With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry.

WALK TO LIVE About 15 percent of 1.3 billion Indians were far from their homes when Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the country on lockdown last March 25. Many of them walked an average of 15 to 20 hours just to reach home and get a decent meal. AFP PHOTO

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