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The massive lockdowns following the Covid19 outbreak has brought the lives of billions to a standstill. It has systematically put people on house arrest. A good look at the crisis can prove that it is not only disrupting economic prosperity but also widening the ever-persistent gap in caste, class, and gender. The virus has dismissed all illusions of 21st-century gender equality. Undeniably, our very survival in these times depends on the class hierarchy we fall in, whereas our days at home are defined by the gender we belong to. While the governments have been successful in putting up a tough fight against the pandemic, they have failed to identify the gender perspectives that came along with the lockdowns. Quarantine has now become a lifestyle, with children forced to be at home, elderly who are particularly prone to get infected, and babies that cannot be baby-sat by willing neighbours anymore. The unanticipated confinement has disproportionately burdened women with domestic caregiving. The focus of this paper is to analyse the differential impacts of health crisis among women and girls. Scrutinising the gendered perspective of a global crisis can help governments worldwide to operate in the right direction and thereby optimise the containment efforts.