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Will Migrant Workers and Their Grievances Always Be Invisible to the Public Eye? -Manish K. Jha and M. Ibrahim Wani

-TheWire.in

The momentary attention to the migrant exodus was overshadowed by other spectacles that were easily perceived as communal, suited to deflect attention and which positioned the state as proactive.

We live in a society that significantly values media spectacles. Spread of disease, risk of contagion, and the plight of migrant labourers become worthy of attention only when a spectacle is made. The representations of migrant’s transit and associated tribulation have emerged as key images of the COVID-19 crisis in India.

These representations have positioned an image of migrants desperately trying to escape cities, thronging near bus stops and embarking on a long and arduous journey on foot. Within a fortnight of those images, the attention is gradually shifting to the desperate situation of stranded migrants in the cities, frantically trying to exit cities.

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