For the unemployed and under-employed in South Asia, Africa and Latin America, war is just another form of paid work unmindful of the risk.
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The Russia-Ukraine conflict could become the newest source for earning high-risk money for unemployed or poorly paid men in South Asia, especially India and Nepal. Indians are realising that becoming a mercenary is one more way of earning money, even if that means facing death in a war unconnected to them. War is just another mode of paid work for them.