Our masked identities: Cartoons of India's new normal
Cartoonist Priya Kurian has drawn a series of pictures showing how masks became the new normal across India - even before a stringent lockdown was put in place on 25 March.
This was before masks were made mandatory and flights grounded. However, the threat of Covid-19 had just begun to emerge so some people had already begun wearing face coverings as protection.Her cartoons are humorous snapshots of people, trying to live their normal lives amid the backdrop of the looming pandemic - like the honeymooning couple in the first picture, who Ms Kurien says seemed"determined to get their honeymoon to a flying start".
At the baggage claim belt, a group of sales girls were returning from an offsite trip, in identical sarees and masks.But the masks were not only being restricted to airports. People had started wearing them every time they left their homes.
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