As India goes into lockdown, taxi drivers are struggling to put food on the table. For many, it might be the end of the road
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Rajendra Singh is sitting inside his white Maruti Suzuki Wagon R, his seat reclined and his feet sticking out of the driver-side window. He’s watching a Hindi movie on his mobile phone, half of his face covered by a handkerchief. Every once in a while, he looks up at the device fixed on the windshield, hoping to see a booking pop up. Every time, he returns to the show, dejected.
It is 4.00 pm on a weekday and Singh …
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