Nishpriha Thakur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nishpriha Thakur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nishpriha |
| FAMILY NAME | Thakur |
| SIGNATURE | THAKUR N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shiv Nadar University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-8929-9594 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sub-standard or Sub-legal? Distribution, Pharma Dossiers, and Fake-talk in India
In this article, I look at Indian pharma 'dossiers'-the bundles of paperwork that testify to pharmaceutical quality and adherence to regulatory standards-and how they illustrate a wider and ongoing shift from a paradigm of drug safety to one of drug security. By examining how dossiers enact and enable claims of 'quality', I argue that it is in a drug's paperwork-rather than its chemical composition-that quality or fake-ness is produced. Based on …
Ethnography of Trust and History as Circulating Commodities in Chauta Bazaar, Surat
Focused on a historically evolved marketplace, Chauta Bazaar of Surat (Gujarat), this article looks at the question of trust and its contours. In the popular perception, this bazaar has a history of five centuries of continuous survival. This account of a marketplace reveals everyday practices, popular investments in terms of its historical embeddedness and the manner in which notions of trust circulate in this market. The study argues that the n…
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Ethnography of Trust and History as Circulating Commodities in Chauta Bazaar, Surat
Focused on a historically evolved marketplace, Chauta Bazaar of Surat (Gujarat), this article looks at the question of trust and its contours. In the popular perception, this bazaar has a history of five centuries of continuous survival. This account of a marketplace reveals everyday practices, popular investments in terms of its historical embeddedness and the manner in which notions of trust circulate in this market. The study argues that the n…
Sub-standard or Sub-legal? Distribution, Pharma Dossiers, and Fake-talk in India
In this article, I look at Indian pharma 'dossiers'-the bundles of paperwork that testify to pharmaceutical quality and adherence to regulatory standards-and how they illustrate a wider and ongoing shift from a paradigm of drug safety to one of drug security. By examining how dossiers enact and enable claims of 'quality', I argue that it is in a drug's paperwork-rather than its chemical composition-that quality or fake-ness is produced. Based on …
Sociology (2 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 works) · Accounting (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Bazaar (1 work)