When her husband returned in June after losing his job in Abu Dhabi amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Mrs Sreedevi Rajendran took stock of how their family of five would manage financially for the rest of the year.
A week after his return, she cooked ghee rice and chicken for lunch. While her family members took a nap, she arranged for a major gold loan company to send an executive to her home.
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