Book panel: Governing the Crisis. Narratives of COVID-19 in India

Today Dr. Rahul Ranjan presented his book “Governing the Crisis: Narratives of Covid 19 in India” (Talyor & Francis, 2025) at a seminar held at Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society.

Dr. Ranjan is writer and assistant professor in Environmental and climate Justice at the Department of Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University if Edinburgh.

Discussions evolved around three main areas:

I. Law, Biomedical Emergencies, and Policy Response

II. Migration, Indigeneity, and Cultural Impact

II. Frontline Workers, Caste Dynamics, and Labour Force