¡°I¡¯ve seen grown men cry,¡± says Capt. Tejinder Singh, who hasn¡¯t set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isn¡¯t sure when he¡¯ll go home.

¡°We are forgotten and taken for granted,¡± he says of the plight facing tens of thousands of seafarers like him, stranded at sea as the delta variant of the coronavirus wreaks havoc on shore.

¡°People don¡¯t know how their supermarkets are stocked up.¡±