From 'caste public' to 'bio public': How social understanding of migrants has grown during the pandemic

From ‘caste public’ to ‘bio public’: How social understanding of migrants has grown during the pandemic
Research points at shifting caste dynamics and social equations, both among migrant workers and among the people in their hometowns.
26 Apr, 2021
Migrant workers are yet again thronging railway stations and bus terminals to go back home in the midst of the second wave of the Covid pandemic. Even though the rush hasn’t reached last year’s scale, the signs of a repeat can’t be overlooked.
Media reports and images from big cities like
Gujarat, suggest that a sizeable section of the migrant workforce is finding ways to go home. Though there hasn’t been a national lockdown this year, the scramble to depart has been fuelled by state- and city-wide curfews coupled with apprehensions about the possibility of prolonged or more restrictions.

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