Assa Doron is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is co-author with Robin Jeffrey of Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India (Harvard University Press, 2018).
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      India’s corona casualties
    
    
      Assa Doron 
    
    
      4 May 2020    
    
      India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      India’s corona casualties
    
    
      Assa Doron 
    
    
      4 May 2020    
    
      India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Essays & reportage
      
        
      Untangling the hair trade
    
    
      Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      28 April 2018    
    
      Extract | Discarded hair makes a circuitous journey from India to the West, gathering value along the way
      
    
  
  
          
        Essays & reportage
      
        
      Untangling the hair trade
    
    
      Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      28 April 2018    
    
      Extract | Discarded hair makes a circuitous journey from India to the West, gathering value along the way
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         International
      
        
      Mobile phone nation
    
    
      Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      14 February 2013    
    
      With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the disruptive impact of mobile phones in India could be enormous. In this extract from their new book, Robin Jeffrey and…
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      Mobile phone nation
    
    
      Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      14 February 2013    
    
      With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the disruptive impact of mobile phones in India could be enormous. In this extract from their new book, Robin Jeffrey and…    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         International
      
        
      India’s mobile revolution: a view from below
    
    
      Assa Doron 
    
    
      10 February 2010    
    
      With half a billion subscribers, India is making the mobile phone its own – in sometimes unexpected ways, writes Assa Doron in Varanasi
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      India’s mobile revolution: a view from below
    
    
      Assa Doron 
    
    
      10 February 2010    
    
      With half a billion subscribers, India is making the mobile phone its own – in sometimes unexpected ways, writes Assa Doron in Varanasi    
  
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