1st Edition
Contextualizing Indian Experiences on Covid-19 People, Pandemic and Policies
This volume captures the social, political, psychological, administrative and policy dimensions of COVID - 19 pandemic in the Indian context. The book is divided into four parts. Part I highlights the social narratives from the underprivileged workers, Asha workers, LGBTIQ+ community and Sanitary workers. It documents their struggles to emerge with mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies. Part II includes case studies and stories of self-management, mental health of students from rural and urban Maharashtra and of Care givers. It unveils the path of transformation of self to deal with the issues of anxiety and emotional turmoil caused during and due to COVID - 19 pandemic. Part III consists of resilience, philosophical hope and solidarity, which reflects the contribution of seva by Sikh community. It also highlights the contribution of government organizations like Indian Railways, Air India and Employee Provident Fund Organization to provide relief to both people of India and Indians staying abroad to bring back to the country during unprecedented times. Part IV subsumes the responses of various states of India to the COVID -19 pandemic and the implementation of policies by the government of India during those times.
Based on empirical research work, this book will be useful for students, teachers, researchers, behavioral scientists, and practitioners of psychology, sociology, human geography, mental health, political science, public health and public policy. This book will also be of interest to policy makers and general public to understand the intricacies involved and essential propositions towards pandemics.
Introduction- Rajesh Kharat., Satishchandra Kumar., Meher Bhoot., Kanchana Mahadevan Part I: Narratives from Social Peripheries 1.The Underprivileged Workers in India at the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic— Amit Ranjan 2.The forgotten Warriors: ASHA workers in COVID-19 pandemic- Aparna Phadke, Satishchandra Kumar and Suman Pujari 3.Voices from the Margins: Pandemic Experiences of LGBTIQ+ Community in Mumbai —Shailesh Kumar Bhutka, Kajol Boraste and Sunil Gangwane 4. Sanitary Workers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region During COVID-19 Pandemic—Nikhil Gawai and Aparna Phadke 5.Epistemological Crisis of Performing Theatre in Times of COVID-19– Omkar Bhatkar Part II: Mental Health and Covid 19 Pandemic 6. Rational Self-Management in COVID-19 Pandemic– Anjali Joshi 7.COVID-19 Pandemic and Rumor: Indian Story– Braj Bhushan 8. Creative Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Shared Stories of Caregivers and Mental Health Practitioners from Mumbai India– Jill Shanghi and Jehanzeb Baldiwala 9.Mental Health of students of Higher Education in Maharashtra during COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study–Juhi Deshmukh, BR Shejwal, Satishchandra Kumar,Dave Sookhoo Abhijeet Chore, Shweta Sahasrabuddhe Part III: Covid 19 Pandemic: Resilience and Setbacks 10.Tears, Resilience and a Pandemic: A Visual (Semiological) Journey–Rashmi Lee George 11. Air India Response to COVID-19—-Seema Rawat 12. Finding Hope and Solidarity through Camus and Derrida during COVID-19–Biraj Mehta 13. EPFO TO e-EPFO: Transformational Journey of a Service–Mridula Ghai, Nilendu Mishra, Ajay Kumar, Ghazala Ali Khan 14. Concept of Seva in Sikhism and the relevance in the COVID-19 Pandemic–Ravinder Kaur Cheema 15. Role of Indian Railways during COVID -19: An Appraisal – Praveen Kumar Singh and Sagar Chahar Part IV: Indian States Response to COVID-19 Pandemic 16. COVID-19 and the Politics of Lockdowns in Kashmir—Shakoor Ahmad Wani 17. Conducting Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 at the times of COVID-19 Pandemics–Jeetendra Kumar 18.Public Education in Times of COVID-19–Praveen Kumar Singh and Vasundhara 19. Arunachal Pradesh Response to COVID-19 Pandemic–Chapiak Lawang 20. Sikkim’s Response Towards Covid-19: TheFight Continues: Chunku Bhutia 21.Understanding Kerala’s Social Model of COVID-19 Containment: Perspectives from Below– Rehnamol PR 22.Policies during COVID-19–Arushi Sharma & Aishe Debnath
Biography
Rajesh Kharat is Dean, Humanities, University of Mumbai (on Deputation), Professor and former Chairperson, Centre for South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has an MA in Political Science from University of Pune and has completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from CSAS, JNU, New Delhi. He has published several books and over 30 research papers. He has authored three books, namely, Bhutan in SAARC: Role of Small State in Regional Alliance (1999, South Asian Publishers New Delhi; 2000, International Academic Publications Colorado, USA), Foreign Policy of Bhutan (2005 Manak Publications, New Delhi), and Tibetan Refugees in India (2003 Kaveri Book Service Ltd., New Delhi).
Satishchandra Kumar is Professor and Head at the Department of Applied Psychology & Counselling Centre, University of Mumbai. He is the recipient of a Summer Fellowship from Albert Ellis Institute New York. He has also got the scholarship to undergo supervised Training in Enneagram Professional Training Programme from Helen Palmer Model San Francisco, USA. He was also awarded the Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. He has published in international peer reviewed journals like Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, and has contributed to Sage volume of Eminent Indian Psychologists 100 Years of Psychology in India.
Kanchana Mahadevan is Professor and Head at the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai. She has held visiting professorships at LUISS University, Rome (2016, 2019). She has also been a senior fellow at the Justicia Amplificata, Goethe University Frankfurt and Bad Homburg (2018) and at the Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway (2019). She teaches and researches in feminist philosophy, continental thought, critical theory, and political philosophy. She also works in the interdisciplinary areas of aesthetics and film. Her book Between Femininity and Feminism: Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives on Care (DK Printworld and ICPR, 2014) examines the relevance of Western feminist philosophy in the Indian context, while bringing Western feminism into dialogue with its Indian counterpart.
Meher Bhoot is Professor and Head at the Department of German, University of Mumbai. Her areas of specialisation are German Literature with a focus on Literature of the German Minorities, Postcolonial Studies, and Culture Studies, and her areas of interest are European Cultural History and European History of Art. She is an active member of the German Institutes Partnership with the Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg in Germany. Under the aegis of this partnership, she was a Guest Professor at the Department of Intercultural German Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany in 2017. She is a DAAD Fellow since 2004 and has also been a recipient of the Rotary Cultural and Ambassadorial Scholarship (1997–98).
