Sarnath Banerjee

Jun 26, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Julia Hauser |Sarnath Banerjee |Anil Menon |Vaishna Roy

Amazon.com lists well over 180 books solely on the bubonic plague. If one includes its guest appearances in epidemic-related books, then the list would number in the tens of thousands. What, then, would motivate a respected historian to write yet another book on the bubonic plague and its impact on the world through the ages?

Mar 15, 2024 | m.dailyhunt.in | Julia Hauser |Sarnath Banerjee

When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, few could comprehend its enormity or think of ways to cope with it.

Feb 23, 2024 | theprint.in | Julia Hauser |Sarnath Banerjee

Haffkine bred bacteria with the help of what, to orthodox upper-caste Hindus and Parsis, was the purest of all substances—ghee. He took plague bacilli from the bumps of deceased plague victims, people of low repute and caste (the only ones available to scientists), and infused them in hot broth that contained small amounts of sterilized ghee. After maturing for some weeks, the solution was sterilized, decanted and stored in laboratory phials.

Feb 20, 2024 | governancenow.com | Julia Hauser |Sarnath Banerjee

The Moral Contagion By Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee HarperCollins, 140 pages, Rs 699The world has largely come out of an especially challenging phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. New strains keep making news, but people are scared less and less. The world is back to what is called normal, even if, during those days of lockdowns and ever-rising mortality charts, it seemed it would never be the same again.

Jan 27, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Julia Hauser |Sarnath Banerjee

‘The Moral Contagion’ by Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee describes in vivid detail how the pestilence shook up the port city By Julia Hauser, Sarnath Banerjee Bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacteria that lives in mainly rodents and their fleas.