In 2019, Scroll.in ’s Hard Times series sought to explain and illustrate how India’s slowest economic growth in a decade was affecting ...
In 2019, Scroll.in’s Hard Times series sought to explain and illustrate how India’s slowest economic growth in a decade was affecting ordinary people. This followed reporting by Scroll.in in 2016 and 2017 on the effects that demonetisation had on the lives of Indians around the country.
As the world continues to grapple with the Covid-19 crisis, Hard Times now takes a look at the impact of India’s draconian lockdown on individuals and firms from all corners of the economy.
Forty-five-year-old M Ramesh began his training in sculpting at the age of 14. There is a common misconception that sculpting is largely a family trade and the training is informal. “It takes 8 years of formal education to become a sculptor for someone who has no family tradition,” said Ramesh, a resident of Mahabhalipuram, an ancient town 40 km from Chennai famous for the Pallava shore temples that hosted last year’s Indo-China summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jingping.
At the age of 14, Ramesh, a member of a Dalit community, who hails from small village named Kunnatoor, enrolled for a pre-diploma and slowly made his way to a degree at the local Government College of Architecture and Sculpture. He began working at a small shop in 1997 and a few years...
