Work or party, coronavirus takes its toll on the national capital

Over in nearby Khari Baoli, one of India's largest markets for dried fruits and spices, shopkeepers are in a bind over how to deal with the current crisis

The idea of maintaining a one-metre distance from people is a concept so foreign in the traffic-choked lanes and bylanes of  Old Delhi that residents are amazed that the municipal authorities even bothered to suggest it. 

“Has Modi ji or Kejriwal ji ever visited Chawri Bazaar? There is hardly any space to walk, as thousands jostle with each other over these bad roads,” Prakash Aggarwal exclaims from behind a desk overflowing with mechanical parts. Aggarwal’s 43-years old shop, which caters to dealers of light hydraulic machines, is located in Gali Ghasi Ram, where residents continue to work and play, without face