Lockdowns are not easy on the small folk who have to earn a daily livelihood. With the big markets closed for Ponjekars it is the small community of urban farmers who came to the rescue with their local vegetables…on the pavements of Caranzalem and Taleigao in the early morning and evening hours. Here one could buy a bonanza of freshly picked vegetables and greens from ladies finger to cluster beans to brinjals, sweet potatoes, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, ash gourd, pumpkin, drumsticks, turnips…pineapples, love apples, mangoes, mangoes green and ripe everywhere these days. An entrepreneurial spirit rules above all…with masks in place of course for everyone knows it is coronavirus closedown times!