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COVID-19 and India’s Northeast This book explores the experiences of managing the COVID-19 pandemic in North East India across different areas of life and work. It offers insights into the challenges and adaptability of communities and stakeholders by including the experiences of psychologists, students, admin- istrators, the police and children, among others. The book provides an account of the turmoil—psychological, social and economic – which people endured through stories of migration, loss of livelihood, discrimination and abuse while also highlighting the outpouring of collaboration and support which was found in communities across the North East. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of psychology, sociology, public health and administration, development studies, law and governance and South Asia studies. Indranee Phookan Borooah teaches in the Department of Psychology at Gauahti University, Guwahati, Assam, India, as a professor. Her present focus in research is positive psychology. The positive social and cultural experiences of people have attracted curiosity in her especially in the con- text of the cultures of North East India. Her recent research is on some cultural aspects of Assam. She has been awarded for her contribution to school psychology in India and for teaching, research and administration. Sabiha Alam Choudhury is currently an assistant professor, in the Department of Psychology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. Her area of specialization is positive psychology and marriage and family counselling. She has been conducting training and awareness programmes in several areas in North East and was awarded the best performance award for extraordinary contribution to school psychology in India. Bidita Das is an assistant professor and the present head of the Department of Psychology at Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati, Assam, India. She is a certified Positive Psychology Practitioner from School of Positive Transformation, US. Her core research interest lies in positive psychological aspects of human behaviour. She is involved in several non-governmental organizations working in the areas of mental health and youth. COVID-19 and India’s Northeast Psychological and Social Imprints Edited by Indranee Phookan Borooah, Sabiha Alam Choudhury and Bidita Das First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Indranee Phookan Borooah, Sabiha Alam Choudhury and Bidita Das; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Indranee Phookan Borooah, Sabiha Alam Choudhury and Bidita Das to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-20231-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-26724-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-28965-4 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003289654 Typeset in Sabon by SPi Technologies India Pvt Ltd (Straive) Dedicated to the universal human spirit of altruism and community collaboration Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface x Foreword xiii Notes on the Contributors xviii 1 Ground Zero: Introduction 1 BIDITA DAS, INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH AND SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY 2 Psychosocial Fallout of the Pandemic 10 SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY, BIDITA DAS AND INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH 3 An Administrator’s Battleground 24 SHEHNAB SAHIN 4 Policing the Pandemic 34 DHANANJAY GHANWAT 5 Resistive Role of Digitization 48 BIRAJ DAS 6 Nagaland’s Return Migration 55 PITHELI K. JIMO 7 A Frontliner’s Anecdata 68 SHRADDHA BASU 8 Mizo Altruism 78 ZOENGPARI AND MARY ANN L. HALLIDAY 9 Community Collaboration in Shillong 91 FRICIA HEPZIBAH PHIRA viii Contents 10 Tripura Chronicles 105 BISWENDU BHATTACHARJEE 11 Turmoil of Victims and Survivors: Manipur 116 ASEM BABINA DEVI AND M. C. ARUNKUMAR 12 Pandemic Pregnancy 128 TEMSUSENLA JAMIR 13 The Unheard Child: The Darkest Side of COVID-19 137 PALLAVI SARMAH 14 Pandemic and Employment: Arunachal Pradesh 149 LEEYIR ETE AND TADAR AMAR 15 Spirituality in Garo Women 167 ALICE CHACKO AND ROBIN THOMAS 16 Crisis Encounters and Its Management 185 SANDAMITA CHOUDHURY 17 Tele-Counseling: A Frontline Resource 197 CHANDAMITA BARUA 18 Conclusion: End Game? 209 INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH, BIDITA DAS AND SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY Index 213 Illustrations Figures 1.1 Map of India’s North East 5 4.1 Thematic depiction of the COVID Sentinel Project 39 Tables 4.1 Synopsis of the COVID Sentinel Project 41 4.2 Age Distribution 41 4.3 Employment Status 41 4.4 Symptoms 41 4.5 Psychological Status 42 4.6 Susceptible Family Members 42 4.7 Plasma Donation 42 14.1 Mean and Standard Deviation for Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) and Satisfaction with Life (SWL) Scale 157 14.2 Correlation Coefficients for the Variables 157 14.3 Means and Standard Deviation for Gender × Employment ANOVA 158 14.4 Results of ANOVA for Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) and Satisfaction with Life (SWL) 158 14.5 Employment Status and Gender of Participants 159 15.1 Mean Scores and Standard Deviations for Spirituality, Well-Being, and Happiness 178 15.2 Spearman’s Correlation between Spirituality, Well-Being and Happiness 178
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