Rajarshi Chakraborty Picture sourced by the correspondentA young man from the steel city, Rajarshi Chakraborty, among the Indian students stranded in the UK, is skimping on food at his rented place at a time his host country is overwhelmed by the pandemic that has claimed over 1,200 people there. He went to the UK on December 26 last year when “things were absolutely normal”. As hordes of Indian students stuck in the UK are appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue them, Rajarshi told The Telegraph on Sunday that he was conscious of a sinking feeling. “I’m staying on rent at South Shields and I don’t know what’s in store for people like me,” he said over phone. We don’t know how the UK government will treat us if we fall ill. My visa expires on April 16.

Source: The Telegraph March 29, 2020 18:45 UTC