Locked down in distress

Narayanan, Rajendran (2020) Locked down in distress. The Indian Express.

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Abstract

The 40-day lockdown was further extended at a time of sporadic expressions of resistance and anger by migrant workers in a few cities. Extreme precarity doesn’t have a singular expression. While some are responding with anger, others are responding with resignation. The severe distress among migrant workers in India is not entirely by chance. It has been marinating for a while but the epic new scale has been manufactured due to the unplanned and unilateral decision of a lockdown taken by the prime minister.

Item Type:	Newspaper Article
Authors:	Narayanan, Rajendran
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lockdown, Workers, Corona virus
Subjects:	Social sciences > Social problems & services > Other social problems and services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > Research Centre > Centre for Sustainable Employment
Full Text Status:	Public
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URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5414
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