In between the heavy rains in Hyderabad and the whole city being thrown out of gear, I managed to chair a session of the National Virtual Conference organised by the Centre for Women's Studies, St Ann's College in collaboration with the National Commission for Women. Though I had streams of water gushing all around my house, I was able to sit through this session and listen to six young scholars from different Universities present their papers on the impact of Covid 19 on the migrant women. It was interesting to listen to Kalpana from Krishna deva Raya University, Sunita Rani from Jamia Milia, Atik from Kalburgi, Mallikarjuna from Gulburga University, Vindhya from the Indian Institute of food and technology and a young scholar Mrudula from St. Ann's itself, present different aspects of this issue from food, to health, to harassesment to violence to difficulties of travel and transportation. Thanks St Ann's for inviting me to this Conference. Congratulations for pulling this off inspite of the fact that Hyderabad has been battered by rains and life is topsy turvy for most people. Thanks Smita and Popy for doing a good job and carrying the flag and agenda of the Centre for Women's studies forward.
