When the US President Donald Trump raised additional import tariffs on India taking the total to 50%, the impact rippled across Surat’s diamond industry, causing production cuts, job losses, and mental health crises. Among the victims was 22-year-old Kewalbhai, who died by suicide after losing his job. His mother, Divyaben Makwana, never heard about the tariff policy, only the tragedy it brought. This story reveals the human cost of global trade decisions on India’s working-class families.

00:00 – 00:18 | Forty Years in the Trade
00:29 – 00:51 | The World’s Diamond Hub
01:20 – 01:51 | Factories Without Buyers
02:13 – 02:25 | When Crisis Deepens
02:26 – 02:43 | Ten Workers, No Wages
02:47 – 03:19 | Tariffs and Wars
03:23 – 03:28 | Suicides of the Forgotten
03:32 – 03:35 | If Exports Fall, Hope Falls
04:39 – 05:08 | A Personal Loss

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