My 11 Illustrations That Depict The “The Long Walk Home”

I am Allen Shaw, a Berlin-based Indian artist, illustrator, and storyteller. I normally post fun stuff here but I feel it’s important to share this series of work which in my humble capacity is an attempt to bring this sad story from a group of people who found themselves stranded in a poorly planned lockdown that was imposed in India. It left thousands of migrant workers on their own to deal with the loss of income, food shortages, and uncertainty about their future, the only choice was to take the long walk home. With no means of transportation, they traveled thousands of kilometers, mostly on foot, some of them perished on their way.

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#1 The Baggage

#2 Exodus

#3 Mangesh Jena, His Young Man Cycled Some 1700kms To Reach Home

#4 How Do You Sleep?

#5 We’ve Made It Some Of The Headlines

#6 A Man Leaves A Not For His Employer, “I’m Sorry I Have To Steal Your Bicycle, Cause I Have To Get My Handicapped Son Home!

#7 Some Of Us Have Stayed Back

#8 Across The Horizon

#9 Endless

#10 This Curve Needs To Be Flattened Too

#11 While Some Of Us Find Ourselves Stranded In Our Own Homes