She decided to leave her two young children and husband in California because of the risks of the novel coronavirus spreading around the world. Dixit and her husband are both Indian nationals while their children are US citizens. Dixit’s husband, Kaustubh, has been trying to juggle his full-time job with child care for their six- and three-year-old daughters. But she fears the separation will cause long-term psychological damage, especially for her younger daughter, who has grown frustrated with the phone calls. But six Indians, including Dixit, in the Telegram group told Reuters they had held on to their US-based jobs during the pandemic.

Source: The Telegraph June 24, 2020 21:00 UTC