The Dis-Ease of Body-Politics: “Coronavirus” as a Racial Pandemic in Contemporary India

Dey, Sayan

doi:10.13169/intecritdivestud.3.1.0069

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The Dis-Ease of Body-Politics: “Coronavirus” as a Racial Pandemic in Contemporary India

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Author(s): Sayan Dey

Publication date (Print): 1 June 2020

Journal: International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies

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Keywords: biomedical crisis, violence, COVID-19, Dis-Ease, body-politics, racism

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50020082

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Title: International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies

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ISSN: 2516-550X

ISSN: 2516-5518

Publication date (Print): 1 June 2020

Volume: 3

Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/intecritdivestud.3.issue-1 )

Pages: 69-78

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Spitting pan refers to the spitting of the juice that comes out while chewing betel leaves.
Bahadur is a common surname found amongst the people in/of Nepal. It is also a common name which is used to refer to the night guards in India. Usually, a large number of night guards who work in India are from Nepal and Northeast India. As the facial and physical features of the Nepalese match with those of the Northeasterners, therefore they are commonly identified as “Bahadurs”. Such homogenisation of identities is a normalised racial practice in contemporary India.

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[1] Spitting pan refers to the spitting of the juice that comes out while chewing betel leaves.

[2] Bahadur is a common surname found amongst the people in/of Nepal. It is also a common name which is used to refer to the night guards in India. Usually, a large number of night guards who work in India are from Nepal and Northeast India. As the facial and physical features of the Nepalese match with those of the Northeasterners, therefore they are commonly identified as “Bahadurs”. Such homogenisation of identities is a normalised racial practice in contemporary India.