The sudden, poorly-managed lockdown earlier this year resulted in a massive internal migration as lakhs of workers left cities for home. Hunger was their constant companion as they walked, in many cases, a thousand kilometres with their belongings and families.

Among the poor living in cities, lakhs were rendered penniless and without the means to sustain themselves. Enter the movement, which took it upon itself to battle this hunger.Khaana Chahiye

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