The privileged traveller
I was preparing for almost three months. To move from rural Bihar back to Delhi. I was to have shifted end of March, but the lockdown had affected my movement. My wife already in Delhi and I was trying to get to Delhi from late March itself. I went through option after option, train, bus, taxi, flight once it opens etc. Multiple opinions from well-meaning family and friends came. The gist of the advice was – do not risk yourself. Take your time, go slow, once everything is fine and clear, pack your things, send the truck and them move, well protected. A good advice that I decided to follow. And I waited. There was this 4-hour notice given before the national down. The exodus started. Millions on the road, trying to get back to their homes and family. With all their belongings in couple of bags they could carry. On the road, for days and days, some fell sick on the way, some collapsed, some died. Most were forcibly quarantined in centers en-route, far from home. Having left their ow