kanthiswaroop@iitb.ac.in

Kanthi Swaroop G.

Research Areas

Sanitation and Urban theory.
Study of Waste, Environment, Caste and Infrastructure with special reference to the Sewage and Sewage workers of Hyderabad

Academic Work

2021. ‘Manual Scavenging in India: The Banality of An Everyday Crime.’ CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion 2(1): 67-76. [with Shiva Shankar]

2021. ‘Caste and COVID — 19: Notes on Sanitation in a Pandemic.’ Economic and Political Weekly 51(13): 35-41. [with Joel Lee]. https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/13/perspectives/caste-and-covid-19.html

Book Reviews

Swaroop, K. (2020). Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 43(2), pp.1-2

Swaroop, K. (2023). Book review: Philippe Cullet, Sujith Koonan and Lovleen Bhullar (Eds), The Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives. South Asia Research, 43(2), 292–295.