“We got nothing”

“We put our lives in danger and fought with death on the frontlines," Govinda, a crematorium worker at the Old Seemapuri grounds, said. "Isn't this smoke terrible? We have to breathe it. We sweat in the heat. The same hands we cremate with, we have to wash and eat with. We are fighting so many diseases at once. Nobody asks about us now.”

This reporting was supported by a grant from the Thakur Family Foundation. Thakur Family Foundation has not exercised any editorial control over the contents of this reportage.