Ha ha.. I have had various such encounters. Welcome to the club. However the paper visa application process for Entry Visas is working as long as you can make a good enough case for yourself in the cover letter that you submit. Tourist Visa applications are currently still suspended even though technically people can fly in on a charter. I hope the online Tourist Visa application comes online at least by the end of this month so that it gives people two weeks before they are scheduled to fly in starting the 15th of November.

Also if you think about it, if you can afford a charter flight to India, you probably have enough connections to get in touch with somebody at your local embassy or consulate and they will figure something out for you. All consulates and embassies across the world were processing emergency visa requests on a case-by-case basis so they would probably process yours as well.