How the coronavirus is impacting India — and what needs to happen next | Gayathri Vasudevan

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The coronavirus pandemic put India's population of 1.3 billion into an extreme and sudden lockdown. Social entrepreneur Gayathri Vasudevan explains how the situation is impacting the country's migrant workers, who are stuck far from home with limited access to food and shelter, and calls for an overhaul of India's social infrastructure in order to get people the essentials they need right now. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers. Recorded April 9, 2020)

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20 Comments on How the coronavirus is impacting India — and what needs to happen next | Gayathri Vasudevan

  1. What about the case count of infected and the spread? Surely with an inability to social distance that would obliterate a population?

  2. We need mass movements around the world right now to rescue the lower classes in EVERY country. This MUST become a pivotal moment in human history. Both India and the US have treated their citizens terribly. International solidarity, my friends! Please join the movement for a General Strike! Here are our demands: https://youtu.be/iDnzmet-9PA

  3. Nice & Very Timely TED TALKS. Quite specific and ground reality facts and its impacts been highlighted well. Wishing Well for India, World and all the Citizens of this Planet Earth…!

  4. UBI is not about people not working its about allowing people to live without stress and ideally become a lot more creative and ultimately work at what they are passionate about.

  5. An off-shore work associate, who lives in India, told me the news media in India says this virus was man-made in China, but they can not prove it.

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