Author: Global South Studies Series

By Priyanka Lohia
Iraq, an almost failed state, has seen 17 years of brutality and destruction; killing people in thousands. To add to the years of agony, Iraq continues with its lockdown, initially announced on March 22nd due to the life-threatening Covid-19. As per records, the virus has affected 2,913 Iraqis as of now but in reality, it’s affected the whole nation...

By Arun Teja. P
We have been watching TV shows and movies like "The Walking Dead," "Resident Evil," and many such over the decade. Yet, we never witnessed a remote omnicidal situation in real life. Today, every TV program aired during the COVID crisis says, ‘Be safe- we shall fight this virus together!’....

By Divyanshu Jindal
High speculation and dependence on revenues from foreign markets in scenarios like the virus outbreak leading to huge disruptions in global market chains, hold massive potential to hurt the economies which are not self-reliant and diverse enough to sustain periods of emergency

By Abhumanyu Agarwal
The World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on 11th March 2020. Yes, people, it is that bad. However, at the time of writing, it is going to get worse, much worse. This article looks at International collaboration in the fight against coronavirus, the idea is to shed light at how countries are fighting this pandemic, the ways of, and the costs involved in making the cure and finally the efficiency of collaboration between countries along with the role of technology in combating the pandemic...

By Divyanshu Jindal
This pandemic stands to be a testimony of solidarity among the people of the Global South, who can show the way to all, that regardless of all the shortcomings in their economies and infrastructure, the Global South can still stand together and face the issues thrown towards it, when it matters the most.