List of Figures xii List of Tables xiii List of Contributors xiv Preface xix Introduction 1 RAJESH KHARAT AND SATISHCHANDRA KUMAR PART I Narratives From Social Peripheries 9 1 The Unprivileged Migrant Workers in India at the Time of COVID-19 11 AMIT RANJAN 2 The Forgotten Warriors: ASHA Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic 28 APARNA PHADKE, SATISHCHANDRA KUMAR, AND SUMAN PUJARI 3 Voices from the Margins: Pandemic Experiences of the LGBTIQ Community in Mumbai 44 SHAILESH BHUTKA, KAJAL BORASTE, AND SUNIL GANGAVANE 4 Sanitary Workers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region During the COVID-19 Pandemic 61 NIKHIL VILAS GAWAI AND APARNA ASHOK PHADKE 5 Epistemological Crisis of Performing Theater in Times of COVID-19 82 OMKAR BHATKAR PART II Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic 97 6 Rational Self-Management in the COVID-19 Pandemic 99 ANJALI JOSHI 7 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Rumor: The Indian Story 112 BRAJ BHUSHAN 8 Creative Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Shared Stories of Disabled Young People, Caregivers, and Mental Health Practitioners from Mumbai, India 123 JILL SANGHVI AND JEHANZEB BALDIWALA 9 Mental Health of Students of Higher Education in Maharashtra During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study 135 JUHI DESHMUKH, B.R SHEJWAL, SATISHCHANDRA KUMAR, DAVE SOOKHOO, ABHIJEET CHORE, AND SHWETA SAHASRABUDDHE PART III The COVID-19 Pandemic: Resilience and Setbacks 151 10 Tears, Resilience, and a Pandemic: A Visual (Semiological) Journey 153 RASHMI LEE GEORGE 11 Air India's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 166 SEEMA RAWAT 12 Finding Hope and Solidarity Through Camus and Derrida During COVID-19 178 BIRAJ MEHTA RATHI 13 EPFO to e-EPFO: Transformational Journey of a Service 194 MRIDULA GHAI, NILENDU MISHRA, AJAY KUMAR, AND GHAZALA ALI KHAN 14 The Concept of Seva in Sikhism and Its Relevance in the COVID-19 Pandemic 208 RAVINDER KAUR CHEEMA 15 The Role of Indian Railways During COVID-19: An Appraisal 226 PRAVEEN KUMARI SINGH AND SAGAR CHAHAR PART IV Indian States' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic 245 16 COVID-19 and the Politics of Lockdowns in Kashmir 247 SHAKHOOR AHMAD WANI 17 Conducting Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic 260 JEETENDRA KUMAR 18 Public Education in Times of COVID-19 274 PRAVEEN KUMARI SINGH AND VASUNDHRA SINGH 19 COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh: An Overview 291 CHAPHIAK LOWANG 20 Sikkim's Response to COVID-19: The Fight Continues 304 CHUNKU BHUTIA 21 Understanding Kerala's Social Model of COVID-19 Containment: Perspectives from Below 320 P R REHNAMOL 22 Government of India's Policies to Face the COVID-19 Challenges in Education, Economy, and Health Sectors 334 ARUSHI SHARMA AND AISHE DEBNATH Index 355
