COVID-19

Pandemics have always revealed the weakness of the Indian state

In 'Pandemic India', David Arnold offers a reflective study of Covid, cholera, plague, the Spanish flu and other historical mass contagions, from the time of the British Raj to the Modi government

| Feb 03, 2023

The price of immunity

Cost comparisons of COVID-19 vaccines across the region.

| Jul 22, 2021

COVID-19 travel bubbles, vaccine procurement, Churails, and more

Southasiasphere episode 07: Updates and analysis from around the region.

| May 14, 2021

Getting the jab done

A crossborder discussion on COVID-19 vaccinations in Southasia.

| May 07, 2021

Getting the jab done

Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, explained.

| Mar 26, 2021

Tracking Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

How have COVID-19 vaccinations progressed in the region?

| Mar 09, 2021

Love in the time of lockdown

How Pakistani women continue to challenge patriarchal norms.

| Dec 18, 2020

On the periphery

India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic.

| Dec 09, 2020

Note from the editors

On our special series ‘Unmasking Southasia: The pandemic issue’

| Dec 04, 2020

Elections in Myanmar, opposition rallies in Pakistan, COVID-19 vaccines in Southasia

Southasiasphere podcast episode 03: Updates and analysis from around the region.

| Nov 06, 2020

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