Poorva Rajaram
Biographic Data
| ID | 10698252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Poorva Rajaram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Poorva |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajaram |
| SIGNATURE | RAJARAM P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-1574-3280 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Faraway futures
This article focuses on the processes, practices and discourses that led to the creation of the uneven and unstable market for life insurance from the 1880s to 1950 in India. It is particularly interested in the concrete ways in which commercial futures had to be lengthened to almost unthinkably long spans of time to make life insurance for Indians seem plausible and viable to both subscribers and companies. The lengthening of commercial futures …
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Scripts of Power
Faraway futures
This article focuses on the processes, practices and discourses that led to the creation of the uneven and unstable market for life insurance from the 1880s to 1950 in India. It is particularly interested in the concrete ways in which commercial futures had to be lengthened to almost unthinkably long spans of time to make life insurance for Indians seem plausible and viable to both subscribers and companies. The lengthening of commercial futures …
Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Futures contract (1 work) · General insurance (1 work) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work)