PTI is recommending to its subscribers the following exclusive and special stories on May 25, Monday as part of our continuing coverage of the COVID-19 crisis:

PTI is recommending to its subscribers the following exclusive and special stories on May 25, Monday as part of our continuing coverage of the COVID-19 crisis: QUARANTINE-MOTHER-DEATH -- DEL45 New Delhi: He quit his job in Dubai and returned to India to spend time with his ailing mother but life doesn’t always go according to plan – or COVID-19 restrictions - and news of her death came shortly before his 14-day quarantine in Delhi was ending. . LOCKDOWN-TV ACTORS-CRISIS -- DEL36 Mumbai: TV actors are reeling under the impact of the two-month lockdown, many combating financial stress and mental health issues, including depression and suicidal thoughts, as the wait for dues now continues beyond the 90-day industry norm and shootings are suspended or cancelled. .

BH-MIGRANTS-UNCERTAINTIES -- CAL5 Patna: They had left their homes for greener pastures in faraway Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan. . The corona-fuelled lockdown having shattered their dreams, they are now walking, cycling and hitchhiking hundreds of miles under an unforgiving sun blazing down at over 40 degrees to reach their homes in an impoverished Bihar, where an uncertain future awaits them. .

WB-LOCKDOWN-TOTO -- CES1 Totopara (WB): Totos, one of the least populous tribes in the world, have been hit hard by the lockdown in their abode Totopara in West Bengal's Alipurduar district due to the unique geographical location of their village, residents said on Monday. . MH-LOCKDOWN-GANESH IDOLS -- BOM6 Hamrapur (Maha): Akshay Bhagat, 25, quit the family vocation of farming three years ago and began a Ganesh idol painting business with a dream to eventually own a full-fledged factory to make the idols. .

MH-VIRUS-MIGRANTS-WORK -- BES1 Pune: A number of migrant workers, who have left from Maharashtra's Pune city for their native places after being rendered jobless due to the lockdown, are hopeful that the situation will normalise and they would be able to come back to work. . WB-LOCKDOWN-RICKSHAWPULLER -- CAL13 Kolkata: Santosh Shaw doesnt make even Rs 50 a day these days pedalling his cycle rickshaw through a warren of lanes on the eastern fringes of Kolkata during the lockdown but will not accept Rs 100 for no work..