Governing the Crisis

This book presents a multidimensional approach to understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the lifeworld of the marginalised communities in India. The essays in the volume pursue two interrelated concerns: First, they examine the governance aspect, highlighting institutional failures, a lack of political will, and ideological warfare; second, they firmly position the crisis – as a narrative tool – at the heart of marginality, thereby explaining the effects of COVID-19 on communities that continu