This blog originally appeared on the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung website. "Starvation! That is what we faced. We had no money, no food, and really no hope. We were fearful and felt so isolated. If not for my sisters, my community members, I don’t know what I would have done." - Ratnamma, a sex worker from Karnataka That the COVID-19 pandemic impacted all of us in myriad ways is well-established. But the pandemic also exposed the nation-state’s unwillingness or inability to perform its duty to protect its citizens, especially those who have been historically denied their rightful place in society. One of the communities...
This blog originally appeared on the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung website. "Starvation! That is what we faced. We had no money, no food, and really no hope. We were fearful and felt so isolated. If not for my sisters, my community members,...