Sarcar A., Rao M. (2021). Pandemic as Population Check, Economics & Political Weekly 56(13), 27 Mar.
Aprjita Sarcar, post-doctoral fellow and member of the Territorial Dynamics research area at CSH, co-wrote an article with Dr. Mohan Rao ( former professor in Social Medicine, JNU ), titled “Pandemic as Population Check: The Dangerous Fallacies of Populationism” published in Economics and Political Weekly.
Abstract: As India undergoes massive societal transformations due to the pandemic, a potential dangerous by-product could be a worrying consensus on the need for population control. Dressed as a positive population check to “cure” poverty, such a turn in policy can enable rushed and knee-jerk public opinion that proves fatal for historically persecuted populations. The dangers of support for coercive population control policies in the garb of economic recovery are examined.
This article can be found here: https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/13/commentary/pandemic-population-check.html
Aprajita Sarcar is a global historian specializing in the postcolonial history of family planning in India. Her work has been interdisciplinary. She considers herself most useful in research that requires a combination of watching films (if not co-creating them), reading archival dust, talking to people and triangulating how the three mount ……..continue reading
