Children who have lost both their parents to Covid-19 are at a heightened risk of neglect and exploitation. (Representative photo)
In the middle of blaring headlines of Covid-19 numbers, falling positivity rates, vaccine penetration and the imminent third wave of the pandemic, stories of Radhi, Fatima and Nabina fall between the cracks.
Take Radhi for instance. The six-year-old was found sitting next to her mother s lifeless body at a traffic signal on a busy road in Haryana s Faridabad town. Her father had succumbed to Covid-19, a couple of days back and now the disease had taken away her mother too.
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Pandemic parenting in COVID carnage
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June 05, 2021 23:38 IST
Last year mums and dads navigated online classes, chores, sometimes sickness. This year, they’re talking to their children about death and a disease they aren’t sure whom it will get next
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Last year, parents navigated online classes, chores, sometimes sickness.
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SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Last year mums and dads navigated online classes, chores, sometimes sickness. This year, they’re talking to their children about death and a disease they aren’t sure whom it will get next
Suneeta Verma, whose husband died of COVID, is focussed on making ends meets, so she can bring up her six-year-old daughter to do better than to work in other people’s houses for little money.