How did the #pandemic unfold for those who exist at the margins of the society? Watch this space for conversations @so_radhikal has had while researching what pandemic surveillance looks like for marginalised communities in India, as designed by Harmeet Rahal. #bodiesanddata
In this first vignette, @pointofview's Director Bishakha Datta highlights how technology has aided the gendered gaze of surveillance through this lockdown for various marginalised groups. #bodiesanddata #datagovernance 
All India ASHA Workers and Facilitators Union's Punjab Union Leader Ranjit Kaur details the experiences of ASHA workers using the Punjab state COVID19 app, 'Ghar Ghar Nigrani' and difficulties they're facing. #bodiesanddata #datagovernance #datafeminism
Manju Rajput and Drishti Agarwal from the Aajeevika Bureau illustrate the struggles rural Indians have faced in accessing financial services through the lockdown, that are only worsened by technological impediments. #bodiesanddata #datagovernance #datafeminism
What happens when individuals get left out of the conversations around social protection? @samabhabona's Director Raina Roy explains the dire conditions trans sex workers have found themselves in in the course of the lockdown, with technology providing a solution only to some.
As a Muslim woman living in a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Jharkhand, Salma*, a nurse, narrates how she had to navigate the constant drone and police surveillance in order to go to work. With no explanations provided for the police crackdown, residents lived in fear.
Who is forced to use apps like Aarogya Setu and who isn't? @Connect_IFAT's @ShaikTgfwda brings forward the underlying class dynamics of digital surveillance. He questions the mandatory requirement of AS for gig workers and what that means for their right to privacy.
