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Pandemic as event: thinking modern Indian society through a crisis

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Asian Studies Centre
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Conjunctures and crises reveal the fault lines of a society. Covid 19 and the resultant lockdown in India have brought back memories of the devastation wrought by the flu epidemic of 1918 and the political crackdown by the colonial government.
There has been a great abandonment of labour and the poor by the present government as much as an emerging compact between state and capital to restructure industrial relations to kickstart production once the lockdown is over. This moment gives us an occasion to reflect on the hardening contours of politics and society.

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Asian Studies Centre
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Dilip Menon
Keywords
South Asian Studies
politics
Covid19
india
Department: St Antony's College
Date Added: 05/11/2020
Duration: 00:51:54

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