Leena Abraham

Leena Abraham is a Professor at the Center for Studies in Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Her research areas include education and social inequalities, youth sexuality and gender constructions, sociology of medicine, medical hierarchies and plural health care practices, social and political contexts of Ayurvedic development, and medical education.

Residents of Mumbai, always known to be engaged in a wide range of activities, spend time with their families on March 31, 2020, during the nation-wide lock down imposed by the Union Government to contain the spread of COVID-19. File photo: Prashant Nakwe/The Hindu

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