THE TALK
The migration crisis of 2020 unleashed by the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 crisis in India raised important questions about migration and health.
This talk revolves around two fantastic and path breaking books, one on migration and the other on pandemics, both written from a historical perspective. It engages with questions such as: What is the geography and history of migration in India? How did we forget past pandemics in India that claimed 40 million lives between 1817 and 1920 due to cholera, plague and influenza? And how does such knowledge inform contemporary policymaking with respect to migration and pandemic management?