NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 2 English
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Aadya Baoni is a freelance journalist based in Varodara. She writes on politics, culture, media and gender in South Asia. Under the NFI fellowship , Aadya published a story about the plight of crematorium workers in the aftermath of Covid. She was helped and mentored by Aashish Gupta during reporting.
PUBLISHED IN The Quint ON 10 October 2021
COVID-19 Horror Over But For Vadodara's Crematorium Workers, the Grief Continues
COVID-19 Horror Over But For Vadodara's Crematorium Workers, the Grief Continues
During the second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat, the crematoriums in Vadodara, Gujarat served as a refuge for the deceased. There was constant activity. Lifeless bodies kept coming, accompanied by relatives.