While the Coronavirus spreads fast and furiously, today-we in India, live in the shadow of a 21-day lockdown (21DLD). I don't dispute the need for social distancing. But, what are the costs and who pays for it? In a country with as much poverty of lives and jobs and homelessness, I dread at the thought of deaths that lie in the wake of the 21DLD. Have we given enough thought to address the needs of the poor in a situation like this? I am at a loss and I have no ideas yet. I have my own demons. When I landed myself a job outside my city, the most proximate reason for me was to earn enough to take care of myself for a year. My contract was to end with a full-time job. Outside basic financial security, the rest of my income was meant for a little comfort, entrepeneuriship and philanthropy. For reasons little known to me, within my job, I found myself without a job. My repeated attempts to get a project got me an unsavoury response. And since then my internal world has bee...