Just a month ago, the possibility of a war did not concern young Indian medical aspirants as they prepared for classes in various medical colleges in Ukraine. Within days, however, the quiet snow-laden landscape that students had come to call home left them out in the cold.
In the initial days, the reassurance of university officials and the Indian embassy bolstered their confidence, and they continued their daily chores, purchasing grocery and visiting shops, though their counterparts from other countries had left.
Then things rapidly went from bad to worse and bunkers at universities and train stations became shelters. Students, mostly in the late teens or early 20s, had to fend for themselves wondering about their next meal, and whether they would get home alive.
