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Gig Work and Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Vol. 55, Issue No. 45, 07 Nov, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted workers globally. This article attempts to highlight the impact that the pandemic-lockdown and its subsequent cautious relaxation in India had on geographically tethered on-demand gig workers.

The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 Needs An Urgent Overhaul

Vol. 55, Issue No. 45, 07 Nov, 2020
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is a colonial era legislation that is still used as the primary law to control a mass epidemic. The act, most recently, has been invoked by a number of Indian states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to understand the existing scheme under the act, its limitations, judicial scrutiny and the need for a new holistic law from a public health perspective.

COVID-19 in the Indian Context and the Quest for Alternative Paradigms

Vol. 55, Issue No. 45, 07 Nov, 2020
M A Oommen

The COVID-19 pandemic has provocatively challenged the extant paradigm of development whose theoretical underpinning is derived from the neoclassical ideology of market-mediated growth. The Indian context of the pandemic is examined, and a reimagining of the development path for a more rational and egalitarian democracy is argued for. Some of the postulates of Thomas Piketty outlined in his Capital and Ideology are brought home as a pointer to stimulate thinking by all, especially the social scientists.

An Inconsequential Stimulus

Vol. 55, Issue No. 45, 07 Nov, 2020

The fiscal stimulus is too little to have any major impact on the economy.

Pandemic in the Eyes of the World Bank and the IMF

Vol. 55, Issue No. 44, 31 Oct, 2020

A damning critique does not allow India to remain self-complacent on the economic and health fronts.

 

Beyond Biomedical and Statistical Approaches in COVID-19

Vol. 55, Issue No. 44, 31 Oct, 2020
Ritu Priya, Sanghmitra Acharya, Rama Baru, Vikas Bajpai, Ramila Bisht, Rajib Dasgupta, Prachinkumar Ghodajkar, Nemthiang Guite, Sunita Reddy

The evolving COVID-19 pandemic requires that data and operational responses be examined from a public health perspective. While there exist deep contestations about the epidemic control strategies to be adopted, past experience seems to be corroborated in the present epidemic that a contextually rooted “shoe-leather public health” approach provides the most effective interventions and operational strategies, more so in a society as diverse as ours. Drawing from this, an analysis of the COVID-19 situation in India is put forth, and debates on mitigation strategies, optimisation of testing, and the essential steps for a comprehensive set of interventions in order to minimise human suffering are addressed.

The Future of Work in the Post-COVID-19 World

Vol. 55, Issue No. 44, 31 Oct, 2020
Elia Rossi, José Balsa-Barreiro

Without employment providing a structure in people’s lives and with technology replacing many human activities, our societies will likely shift towards more individualistic entities with less human interaction.

Use of EdTech in Indian School Education during COVID-19

Vol. 55, Issue No. 44, 31 Oct, 2020
Ajay K Singh, Raja Sekhar Satyavada, Tushar Goel, Padma Sarangapani, Nishevita Jayendran

The pandemic has exposed inequity as an immediate concern. This article draws its insights on ground issues faced by schoolteachers from across the country in their efforts to connect with their students during phases of online teaching at a time of social distancing. By reflecting on these insights, we indicate some aspects that can be focused on for systematic strengthening by the government and other organisations in the coming months, for a relatively seamless and synchronous teaching–learning experience.

Classical Music and the Pandemic

Vol. 55, Issue No. 43, 24 Oct, 2020
Radhika Joshi

As the concert stage is left empty, what can music and musicians do differently for the art form?

​The Circle of Reason in a Post-COVID-19 World

Vol. 55, Issue No. 43, 24 Oct, 2020
Anil Fakira Kshirsagar

Amitav Ghosh’s novel goads us to seriously rethink our world, and finds new relevance under current circumstances.

Stopping the Health Crisis from Becoming a Debt Crisis

Vol. 55, Issue No. 43, 24 Oct, 2020
Avinash Persaud

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Appointment of Judges to the Higher Judiciary during the Pandemic—II

Vol. 55, Issue No. 43, 24 Oct, 2020
Alok Prasanna Kumar

The impact of the appointment process for high court and Supreme Court judges following the recommendations of the collegium is examined. The functioning of the collegium itself was not significantly affected by the pandemic. However, how many of its recommendations have been implemented by the union government, and how quickly, point to the need for the judiciary and the government to work together to ensure optimal judicial functioning.

 

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