For businessmen like Mir Riyaz, a handicraft seller at a luxury hotel in Bengaluru, decisions were made based on revenues, not health risks. When the owner of his shop refused a rebate in monthly rentals, Riyaz made a quick calculation and realized he could not afford to pay the money. With uncertainty about the resumption of his business still looming large, he vacated the store. "I am suffering like many others. Whatever is my fate, I have to face it," Riyaz said.
AP