'If a stranger refuses to pet my Russian dog, what treatment can I expect for myself?'
On the ground, rural medical infrastructure and more crucially, women's access to reproductive health services is practically non-existent in Uttar Pradesh, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
'Everyone wants that doctors should fight from the frontlines of the pandemic, but there's no reaction from the government when they fall ill or even die because of it.'
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
The high-profile rape cases in Hathras, in Unnao (2018) and Kathua (2018) show that the infrastructure slated under the Nirbhaya Fund is either absent or inefficient, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
'It is especially discouraging for young people in the development sector. I've noticed that many of them are actively considering other career options to escape this atmosphere.' Geetanjali Krishna reports.
'I realised that if we don't get relief from the government, I'll be faced with the prospect of either starving in Delhi, or starving in my village.'
Invisible Scars wants to bring domestic abuse out of the bedroom and into public discourse.
In one case, the folks at SWAN discovered that of the Rs 1,500 they'd transferred as relief in the account of a stranded worker, the bank had deducted Rs 800 as penalty for not having minimum balance!
Social stigma associated with Covid-19 has led to people denying that they, or their family members, have it - and this will make the task of containing the pandemic much harder, notes Geetanjali Krishna.
The pandemic has shown that whether any of us have the virus or not, what most of us don't have when confronted by it is simple humanity.
'I worry that the suffering of these people might be as invisible as the people themselves,' observes Geetanjali Krishna.
'If I'm able to help even a few patients during this terrible time, I'll feel I've done my duty,' Ward boy Karan Solanki tells Geetanjali Krishna.
'I'll survive for a month, but worry about what will happen if the lockdown isn't eased after that.'
'The COVID-19 pandemic is going to send an unprecedented number of low-income households deep into poverty,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
'With running water our two hands play, In and out the colourful soap dances away! It bubbles and froths between our fingers Under our nails it cleans and lingers Then all the soap we wash away!'
'As for people like me, if the virus doesn't get us -- the measures being taken against it definitely will.'
'Suffering has no religion,' an Uber driver tells Geetanjali Krishna.
'Whether it's a morning walk, an evening swim or an afternoon workout in the gym, just get moving.'
Although Kamini has only studied till class five, she quickly got the hang of sending audio messages before her life turned upside down.
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