45. Looking Back: Cholera Control and Colonialism

BIC Talks is pleased to present the first full episode of a brand new podcast, Scrolls and Leaves, on Pandemics and Borders.  Scrolls & Leaves is a podcast featuring stories from the margins of history. Global events are usually explained through a mainstream gaze, and lack perspective from other societies, and experiences. Hosts Mary-Rose Abraham and Gayathri Vaidyanathan meander through little-known tales from history, science and cultures to contextualize the present.  In this episode, the hosts and their collaborators walk listeners through compelling stories from the defining pandemic of the 19th century, Cholera. Featuring stories from India and elsewhere, the tales have chilling parallels to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Their first season is called Trade Winds. It explores themes centred in South Asia, from the time of Muziris more than 2000 years ago to European colonialism in the 20th century. Scrolls & Leaves podcast is an immersive audio experience and best experienced using headphones. It has been made in collaboration with the Archives at NCBS, the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore.  Subscribe to the Scrolls and Leaves podcast to get notified on future episodes.  BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guests.