The gulf in wages makes life harsh as Indian workers return home

Once heroes, India’s ex-Gulf workers forge new futures as pandemic causes biggest return of overseas workers in 50 years

31 March 2021 - 19:43 By Roli Srivastava and Rakesh Nair

It is not yet dawn but Yeroor village is long awake, the hum of productivity floating over “Gulf Street”, a lush green boulevard named for the thousands of workers who leave the southern Indian state of Kerala every year for jobs in the Middle East...

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