India’s Ramadan business ‘crushed’ as second deadly COVID wave continues
Nihal Fatima and her sister run an online-offline Islamic attire business in the Muslim locality of Solapur in a faraway Mumbai suburb of Bhandup. Their new business, Saiyyada Hijab, was hit by India’s first COVID lockdown last year.
“Our stocks were stuck in transit for three months,” Nihal told Salaam Gateway.
“Clients who had paid for their orders could not be served. We were left with huge stocks in our warehouse which we got rid of in discounts after the lockdown eased last year.”
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