NEW DELHI, May 25 -- 'A man pulling his makeshift card with his pregnant wife and son on it for 650 km to reach home', 'a family taking turns to pull a cart along with a bull for 300 km', 'a mother pulling a suitcase with her child on it', 'two kids crying as their feet were bleeding', 'a BBC reporter giving his shoes to one of the migrants', 'a sleeping child on a bicycle', are some of the haunting images in the media reporting the migrant workers' crisis.

The above images were joined by disturbing pictures and videos of hundreds of migrant workers who had to walk on highways and railway trucks for miles carrying their belonging on their heads; thousands who packed themselves in trucks and other available transporting vehicles. We also sa...