: This book documents the stories of migrant workers in the Gulf states who don’t hit the jackpot #IndiaNEWS Foreign workers work at a construction site, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease

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This book documents the stories of migrant workers in the Gulf states who don’t hit the jackpot #IndiaNEWS
Foreign workers work at a construction site, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed YosriWhen I met Appunni in front of a government hospital in a village near Kollam, Kerala, in June 2018, he looked weary.His shirt was crumpled, and his white dhoti was yellowish, as if it had not been washed properly. He had a thin, patchy beard. His eyes looked dull. However, Appunni was looking smarter than he did when I met him last in Oman, in 2015. People should look healthy and happy when they are with their dear ones at home, shouldn’t they? But Appunni didn’t appear so. I had come to Kollam on my bike on a reporting trip. I knew Appunni’s house was near Kollam. I had not met him since 2015. But we had not lost touch. We would occasionally talk over the phone even when I was still in Oman and he had returned to Kerala.He was always thankful to me for helping him while he was in Oman. Once in a while, he would call me and ask about my well-being. After all the greetings, he would tell me, “Reji, would you please help me get a job visa?� I...Read more

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