The COVID-19 pandemic struck India much while it struck the rest of the world. The whole world went into lockdown. Economies came to a standstill. It meant different things to different people, but mostly it was a painful experience for the majority, with a disproportionate impact on the marginalised groups. Incidentally, the rich got richer while the fortunes for the majority spiraled downwards. India was no exception. The top 30stocks in India went up by 72 percent from March 2020 to December 2020 and the wealth of the top one percent of Indians increased to 39 percent of India’s total wealth.