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Bihari Migrants
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caste and gender dynamics
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Central Government
constitutional governance India
Corona Crisis
Corona Times
Corona Virus
Covid-19
CRG
Daily Wage Labourers
District Administration
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Frontline Healthcare Workers
Indian Economy
informal economy research
Internal Migrant Workers
Kerala Migration Survey
Komal Gandhar
labour migration studies
MHA
Migrant Workers
National Sample Survey Office
Out-of State Migrants
pandemic policy analysis
Sangram Tudu
social inequality India
Supply Chain Capitalism
Tamil Nadu
UCL Centre
Unit Level Data
Unorganised Sector Workers
Violating
West Bengal
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9781032158921
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Nov 2021
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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A sudden announcement was made by the government on 24 March 2020 of a complete lockdown of the country, due to the spectre of Coronavirus. India’s Migrant Workers and the Pandemic was being written as the crisis was unfolding with no end in sight. Migrant workers from different parts of India had no choice but to trek back hundreds of kilometres carrying their scanty belongings and dragging their hungry and thirsty children in the scorching heat of the plains of India to reach home.

How did caste, race, gender, and other fault lines operate in this governmental strategy to cope with a virus epidemic?
The eight papers in this collection, highlight the ethical and political implications of the epidemic—particularly for India’s migrant workers. What were the forces of power at play in this war against the epidemic? What measures could have been taken and need to be taken now?

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About

Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay works at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER, Mohali.

Paula Banerjee, best known for her work on women in borderlands and women and forced migration, is the President of International Association for Studies in Forced Migration. She is a faculty member of the Department of South and Southeast.

Ranabir Samaddar holds the Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group, and is a political thinker and one of the foremost theorists in the field of migration and forced migration studies.