Of Public Spaces and Later-life Amity in Urban India: Gerontological Musings in Pandemic Times

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  • Tannistha Samanta Department of Sociology Flame University Pune district

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https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.313

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Author Biography

Tannistha Samanta, Department of Sociology Flame University Pune district

Associate Professor 

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Published

2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2020)

Section

COVID-19 and Aging Bodies

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