It's hard to determine what's going on in Sudheer Rajbhar's mind when he speaks about the effect of the 21-day lockdown on his nascent accessories brand, Chamar Studio. There is relief since his team of artisans works largely from home, but there is the concern of paying them wages while keeping his business afloat. "Social distancing is next to impossible when you live in the slums," says Rajbhar. He'd know. The 33-year-old spent his childhood in the slums of Kandivli East.

Rajbhar works with a team of 10, whom he calls "collaborators", all of them residents of Dharavi and shanties in Vakola. "They are working with existing stock, but what happens when they run out? We use recycled rubber which comes from Wada, on the outskirts of Mumbai. I don't know how to gather supplies given the ban on transport. Our only hope is that the lockdown does not extend beyond April 14."