Tryst With Virus - Lockdown Project

This is Onmanorama's special project that tracks the impact of lockdown on people from different strata of Kerala society. Read all the nine stories here and watch videos here.

October 01, 2021

Wage loss and dip in sale dash handloom weaver’s hopes for a turnaround

The lockdown hit the handloom sector at a time when it was expecting a turnaround after the floods in 2018 and 2019.

October 01, 2021
Corona plays cruellest villain for 4-time Kerala award winner

Actor-couple Bindu Suresh and Suresh Kumar represent thousands of stage artistes in Kerala whose life has become a theatre of uncertainties since the first COVID-19 lockdown last year.
October 01, 2021
Lights out, but Ramachandran has not sought refuge in darkness

After COVID, with public gatherings banned, loud speakers and fancy lights became obsolete landing the 'light and sound' shops and workers in heavy debt and struggles.
October 01, 2021
Gasping for breath, beedi industry in north Kerala on ‘palliative care’

There are over 35,000 beedi workers in Kerala, whose lives have been severely affected by the pandemic and lockdown.
October 01, 2021
Debts mounting, future bleak, yet Girish can never abandon Sree Padmanabha

The pandemic put a sudden and absolute end to the dwindling revenue that theatre owners used to service a portion of their debts.
October 01, 2021
Crisis-hit bus owners go broke, sell vehicles at throwaway prices

The pandemic and the resultant lockdown made it impossible to manage bus services without losses.
October 01, 2021
Insurance agents, staff need a pandemic-proof policy

The lockdown has hit the insurance agents hard because their income is dependent on the policies they sell and the commission on premium payments. Selling new policies became very tough because of the financial crisis.

Tryst With Virus - Lockdown Project

Wage loss and dip in sale dash handloom weaver’s hopes for a turnaround

Corona plays cruellest villain for 4-time Kerala award winner

Lights out, but Ramachandran has not sought refuge in darkness

Gasping for breath, beedi industry in north Kerala on ‘palliative care’

Debts mounting, future bleak, yet Girish can never abandon Sree Padmanabha

Crisis-hit bus owners go broke, sell vehicles at throwaway prices

Insurance agents, staff need a pandemic-proof policy

Months without money and mounting debts: Housemaid's life turns tasteless

Her melody can tame wrath of serpent but not curse of virus