Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: The New Normal—Home and the World Through the Looking Glass

   • Gopi Devdutt Tripathy

   Pages 1-18

3. Gendering the Pandemic: Revisiting the Domestic Space in Times of Covid-19

   • Rashi Bhargava

   Pages 19-34

4. Home, the Vulnerable and the Pandemic

   • Mala Kapur Shankardass

   Pages 35-50

5. Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism

   • Pratisha Borborah, Jyoti Das

   Pages 51-74

6. Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Implications

   • Aruna Grover

   Pages 75-91

7. Dealing with the Fear and Social Stigma of the Pandemic: Medley of Preventive Healthcare Practices in India

   • Anurita Jalan

   Pages 93-112

8. Locking Down the Wage Labourers in Informal Sector

   • Pawan S. Harsana

   Pages 113-126

9. The Pandemic and Relief Work: Experiences from the Field

   • Sana Khan

   Pages 127-139

10. Back Matter

    Pages 141-148

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This book presents a sociological study of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of India. It invites readers to understand disasters and crises as triggers of radical transformations in society, changing the very nature of every day and the meaning of normal. It discusses the processes through which society accepts, internalizes and reinvents a new way of life. It provides insights into its impact on the individual, family, economy and the state and the relationships not only between them but also within them. The chapters draw attention to the concerns of the vulnerable sections of the population – the aged, children, women, the disabled, migrant labour and the economically backward classes. The chapters are written in an engaging style, and each chapter investigates the way societies think about the risk, threat and harm and the ways to navigate crises of all kinds. As such, the book provides a key read for academics, students and administrators, as well as general readers confronted by an existential crisis caused by the pandemic.

• Wage Labour
• Covid-19 Pandemic
• Social life
• new normal
• sociology of crisis
• sociology of disasters
• social distancing

• Maitreyi College, South Campus, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

  Gopi Devdutt Tripathy, Anurita Jalan

• Gurugram, India

  Mala Kapur Shankardass

Gopi Devdutt Tripathy is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi. Her research interests include religion, sociological theory, popular culture, gender studies and literary texts.

Anurita Jalan is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi. Her areas of interest are sociology of health and medicine, gender studies, family and marriage and ethics in the everyday life of students. She has presented papers in some national and international workshops and symposia related to her areas of interest. She has also written articles/chapters for some journals and books.



Mala Kapur Shankardass is a sociologist, a gerontologist and a health and development social scientist. She is also a teacher, a writer, a researcher, a consultant and an activist. She has been involved with ageing studies since 1992, when she began pursuing postdoctoral work on ageing issues. She has held prestigious assignments with various United Nations agencies and with national and international institutions. She has participated in panel discussions, delivered keynote addresses and chaired sessions on ageing concerns with reputed organizations both in India and abroad. She has been awarded fellowships for her contributions to gerontology around the world. 

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