An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: Indians narrate their lived experiences of a lockdown and pandemic
4 years ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: Indians narrate their lived experiences of a lockdown and pandemic

Firstpost  

The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India is an attempt to record these individual lived experiences. “During the lockdown, the biggest share of mental stress was among the migrant sex workers who’d come from one state/region to another,” Kiran told Suryasarathi. I could sense my mind getting cloudy and venturing into dark, unfamiliar corners that day.” FirstCulture · Piu Mondal Piu’s oral history can be accessed here.

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Non-fiction books and 2021: The long road to recovery
3 years ago

Non-fiction books and 2021: The long road to recovery

The Hindu  

The Oxford Languages word of the year is vax; Merriam-Webster picked vaccine, noting that it has come to represent much more than just medicine. The India story Countries reacted differently to the pandemic and two decisions overwhelmed India — first, the sudden announcement of a national lockdown in March 2020 that put the informal sector in disarray and second, initial …

How did Indians forget the deadly covid second wave so soon?
3 years, 4 months ago

How did Indians forget the deadly covid second wave so soon?

Live Mint  

Some months ago, before the second wave of covid-19 unleashed its fury upon India, Sushmita Sundaram, a 34-year-old communications professional based in Bengaluru, had mustered up the courage to live a little. “The challenge, for me, now is to figure out how to go out safely,” she says, “though by the time I get my second dose, the third wave …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I realised that documenting the truth, deaths in hospitals was my duty'
3 years, 6 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I realised that documenting the truth, deaths in hospitals was my duty'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. At the same time, I saw a lot of photographs coming in from Delhi, Mumbai …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'When we step out, it's as if we've come into an unknown world'
3 years, 7 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'When we step out, it's as if we've come into an unknown world'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. The day our isolation ends, my son runs across the house, goes to every room …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'An uncharted territory of travelling through an unperceived threat'
3 years, 8 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'An uncharted territory of travelling through an unperceived threat'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. I waited, masking my slight anxiety at the makeshift laboratory till the person behind the …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I felt I was going home; little did I know what that would mean'
3 years, 9 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I felt I was going home; little did I know what that would mean'

Firstpost  

Prashant Sharma, 26, is an actor who moved from Delhi to Mumbai in 2017. Once my parents got to know about my condition — I tested negative for COVID — they ordered me to pack my bags and fly to Delhi, come what may. At this time, flights were still non-operational, railway tickets were all booked up, and inter-state transport …

Cholera to Covid-19: Why Indians Have Selective Amnesia About the History of Pandemics
3 years, 9 months ago

Cholera to Covid-19: Why Indians Have Selective Amnesia About the History of Pandemics

News 18  

As COVID-19 upturned our world, it felt like it came out of nowhere. As Chinmay Tumbe’s brilliant new book, Age of Pandemics, shows, these cataclysmic events have been a significant part of India’s modern history. Part of the reason for this amnesia, Tumbe argues, is that the world hasn’t experienced a catastrophe of this scale since the influenza pandemic. Even …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I was strolling through land once ruled by the infamous dacoits of Chambal'
3 years, 10 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I was strolling through land once ruled by the infamous dacoits of Chambal'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. Once I began working from home due to the ongoing pandemic, I realised that instead …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I just wanted to go home; even if I had to walk 10 km more, I would have'
4 years ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I just wanted to go home; even if I had to walk 10 km more, I would have'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. All I could think was, ‘If this driver left, I have to go back to …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'My single aim was to reach home in whichever way possible'
4 years ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'My single aim was to reach home in whichever way possible'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. I am sure if it was a journey undertaken for other reasons, we would’ve found …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'Samaritans offered food and water to those on the road; there was still goodness in this world'
4 years ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'Samaritans offered food and water to those on the road; there was still goodness in this world'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. I returned to the car and asked my friend to rest on the backseat, since …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'The cis gendered population does not perceive trans people as capable'
4 years ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'The cis gendered population does not perceive trans people as capable'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. I think it was probably sometime around last year when Ratnesh Pandey, a professional mountaineer, …

Unlock Diaries: Lockdown and thereafter by Lakshmi Subramanian
4 years, 7 months ago

Unlock Diaries: Lockdown and thereafter by Lakshmi Subramanian

Hindustan Times  

What does it feel, coming out of a lockdown? Would I be able to go back to an easy handshake with people I barely knew; spend time talking and socializing with acquaintances without wondering whether they were asymptomatic or not; board a crowded bus without a second thought? I have never liked crowds but suddenly that seems irrelevant for what …

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis
4 years, 7 months ago

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

Ever since the lockdown began, stories of migrant workers have haunted the country. Many workers escaped the serfdom of villages and flocked to cities only to be forced to restart work in villages now Earlier in the lockdown, one of us noticed two children who lived on the construction site next door. Why did the migrant workers make the punishing …

Birth, Death, Weddings: An Oral History of Covid-19 Disruptions
55 years ago

Birth, Death, Weddings: An Oral History of Covid-19 Disruptions

Wired  

This is the second chapter in a living oral history of the Covid-19 pandemic, an attempt to capture in real-time the stories playing out across our country in the words of those who are experiencing the pandemic. For this second installment of “Covid Spring: An Oral History of a Pandemic,” WIRED interviewed and compiled the stories of eight Americans who …

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