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Reportage

26 February 2026

Chatbot provides first digital trace of Odisha’s migrants

A simple database created via WhatsApp aims to track thousands of workers who leave the eastern coastal state, beset with rampant distress migration, in search of employment.

Aishwarya Mohanty

Pic credit: Jyoti Yadav

Book Review
26 February 2026

‘The state may not have spared a thought for the migrants but villagers did’

Journalist Jyoti Yadav’s new book ‘Faith and Fury: Covid dispatches from hinterlands’ documents the many journeys of migrant workers during the pandemic lockdown

Jyoti Yadav

Video
26 February 2026

Of bun maska, milky chai and migration

The closure of Mumbai’s iconic B. Merwan Irani café signals the slow dimming of a city long shaped around its working-class communities

Prashant Nakwe

Sajid Ali

Reportage

Anuj Behal

Why a dying port town is still a migrant destination

Aishwarya Mohanty

‘He only wanted to build a house’: Family of migrant lynched in Kerala lives with an unfinished dream

Kavita Chandran

Beyond work permits: Singapore scales support for its migrant workforce

Team TMS

5 people who brought cheer in 2025

Aishwarya Mohanty

A year of missing names, migrants’ identity crisis, and resilience

Mir Zuhaib Nissar

Selling idli in the Valley: An entrepreneur bridges tastes and cultures

Aishwarya Mohanty

‘We don’t feel the need to migrate’: A village tackles an invasive species, helps people stay home

Niyati Shah

One nation, fragmented rations: Migration and food (in)security in Bengaluru

Tauseef Ahmad

Road to nowhere: J&K highway closures bring migrant and farmer incomes to a halt

Shobha Surin

Loss of culture weighs heavy on Odisha’s migrant women

Pic credit: Jyoti Yadav

Podcast
26 February 2026

From coal to crossroads: The just transition question

Dr. Sandeep Pai, Senior Lead, International Energy Transitions, at Duke university discusses with labour and public policy researcher Namrata Raju what transitioning away from coal looks like for India’s vast informal workforce

Namrata Raju

Akshay Ramuhalli

Pic credit: Priyamvada Mangal

Reportage

27 February 2026

In the ‘Land of Mowgli,’ women find rare entry into ecotourism jobs

Inside Maharashtra’s Pench Tiger Reserve, youth trained as forest guides find new job opportunities, fresh perspectives on the wildlife living in their backyards

Priyamvada Mangal

Pic credit: Irfan Amin Malik

Reportage

27 February 2026

‘Backbone of operations’: How migrants keep South Asia's largest apple cold storage running

Migrants form a crucial lifeline for the booming apple industry in Kashmir with employers preferring to hire them over locals for their “dedication and punctuality”

Irfan Amin Malik

Video
27 February 2026

From MGNREGA to VB-GRAM: What changes for women workers?

Changes in the world’s biggest job guarantee scheme will have the most significant impact on rural women and might fuel distress migration amongst men, warn researchers

Aishwarya Mohanty

Sajid Ali

Reportage
27 February 2026

Skills without jobs: New survey flags growing mismatch for Gulf returnees in Telangana

Many migrant workers from Telangana who left as semi-skilled workers to the Gulf are returning with improved skills and experience. But the local labour markets are unable to absorb them into stable employment, finds a new survey

Aishwarya Mohanty

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Reportage

17 February 2026

‘I now sleep in my own house’: How a forest rights win, viral videos slowed migration from a Chhattisgarh village

Khamdodgi’s sudden online popularity brought tourists and jobs, but the shift was rooted in the rare enforcement of laws that allowed villagers to govern their forests and water bodies.

Aishwarya Mohanty

Bhanumathi Kalluri

In Karnataka’s mining affected areas, women fear reversal of rural employment guarantee gains

Vishaka Warrier

A circular loop: Rural-urban-rural migration in a north Karnataka district

Soha Moitra

How Musahar women in Varanasi brick kilns are reclaiming the right to breastfeed

Shanta Gokhale

Carrier of culture, weapon of politics

Renu Desai

The overlooked housing crisis of migrant workers

Geeta Ramani

The Homecoming

Bhanumathi Kalluri

‘Voluntary’ consent and why women in protected forest areas are challenging it

Swapna Gopinath

Fading stories of struggles on celluloid

Kalpana Sharma

Labour: Indian media’s blind spot

Rejimon Kuttappan

On the slave labour trail

Video
31 January 2026

Of homecoming and heartbreak in Bundelkhand

Every festival, Bundelkhand’s migrant workers undertake long train journeys to get home but the happiness of homecoming is shortlived as husbands and sons leave once the festivities are over, while women stay back to shoulder agricultural and care work.

Neetu Singh

Sajid Ali

Pic credit: Mritunjay Kumar

Reportage
09 February 2026

For some, Bengaluru’s traffic is a source of work

While the city has been widely criticised for its congestion, some of its busiest junctions serve as a source of livelihood for hawkers — many of whom are migrants from Rajasthan

Samragnee Chakraborty

4 February 2026

In Karnataka’s mining affected areas, women fear reversal of rural employment guarantee gains

When illegal mining was stopped, women in Hospet found regular income in the rural employment guarantee scheme, just like many others across India. They now fear that the new version _ VBGRAMG _ will roll back their situation to the days of endless migration in search of daily wages

Bhanumathi Kalluri

Analysis
& Data

Jyoti Yadav

‘The state may not have spared a thought for the migrants but villagers did’

Lata Biswal

Cyclone that climbed the hills: Titli’s unseen footprint in Odisha

Sujit Kumar Mishra

Beyond the grandeur: Migrant workers’ struggles in the shadow of India Gate

Bhargavi S Rao

A resource-rich state that’s poor for its people

Satwiki Adla

The women who keep old Podampetta alive

Subuhi Jiwani

The science and spirituality of water

Amoolya Rajappa

Under the neon lights, the hidden risks for workers

Swati Surampally

The Missing Link: Why India’s Climate and Migration Policies Keep Talking Past Each Other

Amrita Rudra

Why Mumbai’s rain is a public health risk

Faraz Rupani

Freedom to stay home: Can rural communities break free from distress migration?

Video
31 January 2026

How Delhi’s security guards battle cold, smog, and anti-pollution curbs

While Delhi sleeps behind locked gates, hundreds of private security guards fight a silent battle against cold winters and toxic smog amid government-imposed bans on biomass burning.

Sajid Ali

Pic credit: Padam Bhushan

Podcast
31 Janruary 2026

Ask Us Anything: 'Which story has stayed with you emotionally'

While the city has been widely criticised for its congestion, some of its busiest junctions serve as a source of livelihood for hawkers — many of whom are migrants from Rajasthan

Roli Srivastava

Anuradha Nagaraj

Podcast
28 January 2026

Ten minutes later: Rethinking quick deliveries in India

The labour ministry recently directed quick commerce companies to stop promoting themselves as a ten minute service. But what does the 10-minute delivery model look like, and is this directive enough to make delivery partners safe?

Anuja

Akshay Ramuhalli

Purusottam Thakur

In Odisha’s poorest homes, migrant incomes build a new future

Aishwarya Mohanty

Dying far from home: Agonising wait for Odisha migrant workers’ families

Pic credit: NDRF

Analysis
28 January 2026

Cyclone that climbed the hills: Titli’s unseen footprint in Odisha

Nearly a decade after the cyclone swept through the hills of Gajapati district, stripping soil from the farm steps and washing away spring sources, its impact is still felt in every home, with more members migrating for work

Lata Biswal

Sheetal Patil

Essay
28 January 2026

Beyond the grandeur: Migrant workers’ struggles in the shadow of India Gate

While all eyes are on the iconic monument every Republic Day, its environs are also a migrant magnet, providing livelihood to thousands who pour into Delhi from adjacent villages and nearby states

Sujit Kumar Mishra

Pic credit: Tanmoy Bhaduri

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From coal to crossroads: The just transition question

February 26,

Ask Us Anything: ‘Which story has stayed with you emotionally’

January 31,

Ten minutes later: Rethinking quick deliveries in India

January 28,

The impact of TN’s migrant worker survey freeze

January 12,

From the field: The stories behind the stories

December 26,

Saudi, migrants and FIFA 2034

December 2,

The truth behind the Saudi’s kafala system

November 17,

Paper promises? The migrant welfare gap

November 7,

The story behind ‘Homebound’

October 24,

Not so sweet: From “remedy” for workers to labour exploitation in the sugar sector

September 5,

Research

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