Psychosocial Fallout of the Pandemic

Choudhury, Sabiha Alam; Das, Bidita; Borooah, Indranee Phookan

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“…This traditionally practiced social hierarchy and untouchability was aggravated during the pandemic with social distancing prescribed by the state as a preventive measure (Naskar, 2020). Several instances have been reported of caste-based violence against dalit, tribal and other socially disadvantaged groups from various parts of the country on the pre-text of violating social distancing norms (Choudhury and Aga, 2020). In the reverse migration that took place after the lockdown was announced, most of the migrants came from disadvantaged groups 4 .…”

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Locating the Processes of Non-State Relief Work During the Covid-19 Lockdown in Delhi, A Study Report

Zaidi,

Ramachandran,

Datta

et al. 2023

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The initial phases of Covid-19 proved to be devastating for many people in India. The national lockdown announced by the central government led to a panic situation particularly in urban slums with a high density of population, where a large majority of people lived with poor access to public infrastructure, and engaged in low-paid precarious forms of work, with little or no social security or social protection against loss of incomes and jobs. While the state failed on various counts to protect such vulnerable populations, local communities and civil society responded with alacrity to assuage the situation and provide relief. This study, ‘Locating the Processes of Non-state Relief Work during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Delhi’, highlights the critical role played by communities and civil society to reduce human suffering during the Covid-19 lockdown, and is an effort to understand the various vulnerabilities that came to the fore, the mechanisms of relief work and care that were undertaken through local collective action, as well as the collaborations and networks that were locally built to respond to the crisis situation

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