Name & Age: Shivender Rai, 54

Education & Profession: Primary school; tea shack owner

Family & Place: Wife, two sons, two daughters and four grandchildren; Maner, Patna

Do you earn more or less, compared with 2019?

No. All earning is down. Prices are high, earning cannot match the prices

Do you save more or less compared with 2019?

No. I lived in a shack then, I live in the same shack now

What things does your house now have that it did not in 2019?

Nothing, nothing that I can think of. I have a new pair of chappals, but that’s also not new

What things does your neighbourhood have that it did not in 2019?

This place is the same as it was, nothing has changed

Have central/state govt schemes made any difference to your life? How?

We get rice, free rice. but nothing else. Some people have bima, but I don’t

Do your children go to school? If it’s a govt school, then has there been any change in standards/ infrastructure?

No, they did not go to school. Probably they did for a couple of years, then they left. They earn a living doing odd things

Do you encounter more corruption or less in your daily life? Can you cite from personal experience areas where you are directly affected by corruption?

Ha, ha, what shall I even say? If there was honesty would I be looking like this? Let it be

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