bookseller, phone repairman and chaiwallah (tea-seller), who were eager to resume
business, plague and monsoon notwithstanding. They are part of a vast informal
economy—responsible for perhaps 80% of India’s employment and half its GDP—in
which resilient entrepreneurism thrives, beyond the government’s asphyxiating grip. It
will keep India going in 2021.
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