Bulging rucksacks bigger than suitcases and tied tight with rope hang off the shoulders of migrant workers weaving through the crowds at Delhi’s main railway station, carrying almost all their belongings as they quietly slip out of the bustling capital where they once came chasing work.
They are mostly informal workers and labourers going back to their villages and small towns as disruptions to energy supplies triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran ripple through the global economy, threatening the fragile livelihoods of those on the bottom rung.
