Publications on COVID-19 by ICAS:MP members
Professor Shail Mayaram (ICAS:MP Co-Director/Module Coordinator of TM1 & Professor at CSDS),
Why Flinging the Term ‘Corona Jihad’ at the Tablighi Jamaat Makes No Sense, The Wire, 20 March 2020. https://thewire.in/religion/using-corona-jihad-for-the-tablighi-jamaat-makes-no-sense-besides-being-inflammatory
Professor Sebastian Vollmer (Module Coordinator of ICAS:MP’s TM 6 & Chair for Development Economics, Göttingen) and Dr Christian Bommer from Göttingen University,
Average detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections is estimated around nine percent, 2020. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/64100.html.
Press Review of Deutsche Welle about this research: https://m.dw.com/en/millions-of-coronavirus-infections-left-undetected-worldwide-study/a-53066134
Professor Rupa Viswanath (Module Coordinator of ICAS:MP’s TM3 & Professor at CeMIS Göttingen) and Professor Sebastian Vollmer (with Nitya Mittal)
Mittal, N., Viswanath, R. and Vollmer, S.: Covid-19 in Ländern mit niedrigem oder mittlerem Einkommen: Das Beispiel Indien, De Gruyter, 15 May 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2020-0028
Professor Sanjay Kumar (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM3 & Professor at CSDS),
कोरोना वायरस: क्या प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के पास लॉकडाउन ही एकमात्र रास्ता था? -नज़रिया, BBC News Hindi, 5 April 2020. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-52167965
As we fight virus, think & plan for crises ahead, The Asian Age, 8 April 2020. https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-asian-age/20200408/281788516176747
कोरोना लॉकडाउनः नौकरों, ड्राइवरों की ज़िंदगी कैसे चलेगी?, BBC News Hindi, 19 April 2020. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-52340151
हमेशा के लिए सुधारिए अस्पताल, Hindustan.com, 19 April 2020. https://www.livehindustan.com/blog/story-hindustan-opinion-column-18-april-2020-3161517.html
After corona: Upgrade India’s healthcare fast, Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age, 25 April 2020. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/250420/after-corona-upgrade-indias-healthcare-fast.html
https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/250420/after-corona-upgrade-indias-healthcare-fast.html
कोरोना लॉकडाउन में सरकारों ने ग़रीबों के साथ दोहरा व्यवहार किया?- नज़रिया, BBC News Hindi, 26 April 2020. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-52428137
जितनी दिखती है, उससे कहीं गहरी है लॉकडाउन की मार: नज़रिया, BBC News Hindi, 2 May 2020. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-52503736
Kumar, S., Singh. C.: For India to emerge from the corona crisis, there is need for greater dialogue in a federal setup, The Times of India, 26 May 2020. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/for-india-to-emerge-from-the-corona-crisis-there-is-need-for-greater-dialogue-in-a-federal-setup/
Kumar, S., Rana. M.: Lockdown reinforced gender roles, more women abused, Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age, 3 June 2020. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/030620/lockdown-reinforced-gender-roles-more-women-abused.html
Professor Rajeev Bhargava (Module Coordinator of ICAS:MP’s TM4 & Professor at CSDS),
Revisiting scientific temper,The Hindu, 18 March 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/revisiting-scientific-temper/article31092673.ece
The return of the expert, The Hindu, 2 April 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-return-of-the-expert/article31230339.ece
Halting the march of rumours, The Hindu, 15 April 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/halting-the-march-of-rumours/article31342031.ece
Vividly imagining the life of migrant workers, The Hindu, 22 April 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/vividly-imagining-the-life-of-migrant-workers/article31457516.ece
The death of fatalism, The Hindu, 14 May 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-death-of-fatalism/article31576678.ece
The heavy burden of social suffering, The Hindu, 27 May 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-heavy-burden-of-social-suffering/article31681457.ece
Dr Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM3 & Assistant Professor at IISER Mohali),
Migrant Labour, Informal Economy, and Logistics Sector in a Covid-19 World, in R. Samaddar. In Borders of an Epidemic: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers, (pp. 25-31.). MCRG-RLS. http://www.mcrg.ac.in/RLS_Migration_2020/COVID-19.pdf
Ghosh, S., Bandyopadhyay, R.: Postal Ballot Voting Rights: The Only Way Migrant Workers Can Make Their Presence Felt, The Wire, 21 May 2020. https://thewire.in/rights/postal-ballot-votes-migrant-workers
Intervention – “Why Do Empty Streets Threaten Democracy?”, Antipode Online, 25 June 2020. https://antipodeonline.org/2020/06/25/empty-streets/
Professor Hartmut Rosa (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM4, Director MWK Erfurt & Professor at Jena University),
To regain control of events, we’re ready to slow down [Interview], Philonomist.com, 20 March 2020. https://www.philonomist.com/en/interview/regain-control-events-were-ready-slow-down
Wir sollten unbedingt schauen, was jetzt mit uns passiert, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23 March 2020. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/coronavirus-hartmut-rosa-resonanz-unverfuegbarkeit-interview-1.4851904?reduced=true
Das Virus ist der radikalste Entschleuniger unserer Zeit, Der Tagesspiegel, 24 March 2020. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/soziologe-hartmut-rosa-ueber-covid-19-das-virus-ist-der-radikalste-entschleuniger-unserer-zeit/25672128.html
Die Chance der Entschleunigung: In der Corona-Krise gibt es nichts zum Abarbeiten [Interview], 26 March 2020. https://www.swr.de/swr2/leben-und-gesellschaft/die-chance-der-entschleunigung-in-der-corona-krise-gibt-es-nichts-zum-abarbeiten-100.html
Der Soziologe Hartmut Rosa sagt: Eine Spaltung zwischen den Generationen liegt im Bereich des Möglichen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3 April 2020. https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/coronavirus-hartmut-rosa-zu-chancen-und-risiken-des-stillstands-ld.1549696
Es war nicht das Virus, das uns angehalten hat, Zeit Magazin, 3 April 2020. https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2020-04/hartmut-rosa-coronavirus-gesellschaft-wirtschaftssystem
We can quit the rat race [Interview], 3 April 2020. https://www.uni-jena.de/en/200403_Rosa_Interview
Professor Janaki Nair (Module Coordinator of ICAS:MP’s TM5 & Professor at JNU),
Some must take barefoot to the highway, others make privileged journeys, The Indian Express, 28 May 2020. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-labour-ministry-migrants-movement-crisis-6430535/
Professor Rama Baru (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM6 & Professor at JNU),
To contain coronavirus, monitor and communicate, Hindustan Times, 6 March 2020. https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/to-contain-coronavirus-monitor-and-communicate/story-7WKWLWqBDTcLlawcOFPtcI.html
Baru, R., Bisht, R.: The Government Must Stop Appeasing the Private Healthcare Sector, The Wire, 25 April 2020. https://thewire.in/government/coronavirus-private-hospitals
Commentary: India’s fragmented healthcare system is its Achilles’ heel in the fight against COVID-19. CNA. 14 May 2020. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/india-healthcare-cannot-address-covid-19-coronavirus-challenges-12724786
Professor Shamika Ravi (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM6 & Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution),
India still in coronavirus growth phase but rate has slowed, Indian Express, 20 April 2020. https://www.newindianexpress.com/videos/videos-nation/2020/apr/20/india-still-in-coronavirus-growth-phase-but-rate-has-slowed-shamika-ravi-ex-advisor-pms-economic-108350.html
War on Covid-19: Is India testing enough? Interview with Shamika Ravi, 21 April 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLy73YZQqOM
Dr Tannistha Samanta (Module Member of ICAS:MP’s TM6 & Associate Professor at Flame University),
Covid-19: In sickness and in wealth, Forbes India, 20 March 2020. https://www.forbesindia.com/blog/coronavirus/covid-19-in-sickness-and-in-wealth/
A Beginner’s Guide to the Importance of Social Capital During a Pandemic, The Wire, 30 March 2020. https://thewire.in/government/physical-distancing-social-capital-coronavirus-pandemic-public-confidence
Of grandparents, memories and the pandemic, Somatosphere, 28 April 2020. http://somatosphere.net/2020/of-grandparents-memories-and-the-pandemic.html/
Professor Amrita Dhillon, TM6 Senior Fellow, Cohort 2019-2020
Afridi, F., Dhillon, A. and Roy, S.: How has Covid-19 crisis affected urban poor? Findings from a phone survey—II, Ideas for India. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/how-has-covid-19-crisis-affected-urban-poor-findings-from-a-phone-survey-ii.html
Professor Shirin M Rai, TM5 Senior Fellow, Cohort 2019-2020
Jones, B., Moynihan, M., Oyebode, O., Rai, S.: COVID–19 in Multiple Registers, blogs.warwick.ac.uk, 10 April 2020. https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/po901/entry/covid-19_in_multiple/
Rai, S., and True, J.: A Regenerative State or Business as Usual?, blogs.warwick.ac.uk, 15 May 2020. https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/po901/entry/a_regenerative_state/
Dr Sushmita Pati, TM3 Fellow, Cohort 2019-2020
The Right Time to Speak of Housing Rights in India is Right Now, The Wire, 22 July 2020. https://thewire.in/urban/housing-rights-covid-19-city-space-delhi-mumbai