- Collection:
- Spelman College Faculty Publications
- Title:
- India's Pandemic Response as a Mirror on Understanding India's Complexities
- Creator:
- Pavri, Tinaz
- Date of Original:
- 2020
- Subject:
- Spelman College--Faculty
African American scholars
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This essay examines India's response to the coronavirus pandemic as a microcosm of understanding India itself in the new millennium. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden lockdown of the country on March 25, 2020, took everyone by surprise. It allowed no time for preparation, cutting adrift millions of workers and migrants making up the core of India's informal workforce who were suddenly trapped without shelter in its major cities. The response has exacerbated religious tensions within the country, specifically with India's largest religious minority, Muslims. In general, it has laid bare many of India's long-standing challenges and dislocations, which the recent decades of economic development had obscured. The setback to India's economy and psyche from the pandemic and the pandemic response is expected to be deep, widespread, and long-lasting.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.fac.pubs:2020_pavri_tinaz
- Rights Holder:
- Spelman College
- Original Collection:
- Spelman College Faculty Publications
- Holding Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
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