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Amoolya Rajappa
Dec 30, 20247 min read
‘We couldn’t bear the shame of not repaying our debts, so we left’
Migrant workers across South-Asian countries tap into savings, depend on family or borrow from informal moneylenders to cope with the...
Hepzi Anthony
Dec 30, 20245 min read
‘High targets, poor wages, compromised safety’
A worker-led survey reveals poor safety standards in India's auto sector's supply chains Hepzi Anthony Pic Credit: Safe in India MUMBAI,...
Anuradha Nagaraj
Dec 30, 20241 min read
Migration as a medium
Tune in to this visual creators' roundtable to understand the process and imagination of storytellers who use their video or photo lens,...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 27, 20242 min read
India's 2024 Climate Story
India has seen a major rise in extreme weather events, recording heat waves, cold waves, cyclones, lightning, heavy rainfall, floods, and...
Shreehari Paliath
Dec 27, 202413 min read
Caste on my plate
Surat’s textile hub survives on the labour of tens of thousands of Odia migrant workers, mostly from Ganjam. They carry with them the...
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Dec 27, 20247 min read
People in Parks: Why the UN issued a human rights code for conservation
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar In a first, the United Nations Environment Program issued a set of principles this month for private NGOs and...
Aishwarya Mohanty
Dec 23, 20249 min read
Of caste, climate and the creation of one of India’s busiest migration corridors
For decades, tens of thousands of people from Ganjam in Odisha have flocked to Surat for work. But migration is not an option all can...
Anuj Behal and Anshul Rai Sharma
Dec 20, 20248 min read
Out of focus
Street photographers have for decades captured memories for tourists visiting the India Gate, but the Central Vista project in New Delhi...
Hepzi Anthony
Dec 20, 20248 min read
Fumes, disease, debt: Life in Asia’s largest dumping ground
Breathing toxic air is not a seasonal but a daily reality for residents of a sprawling slum in a Mumbai suburb located next to a massive...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 18, 20241 min read
'Mumbai is my ticket to freedom'
Vegetable seller Mamta Gupta, who migrated to Mumbai from Varanasi after marriage, shares how she found freedom to live life on her terms...
Aishwarya Tripathi and Dharmendra Rajpoot
Dec 16, 202411 min read
From riches to rags: The making of new migrants
As the flooded river Sharda cuts aways into land and homes in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, farmers prepare to migrate for the first...
Ritwika Mitra and Deekshith R Pai
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Sinking islands, Empty houses
Thousands of people have migrated from Ghoramara in the eco-fragile Sundarbans _ the world’s largest mangrove vegetation _ as the island...
Monika Banerjee
Dec 11, 20247 min read
How babies bear the unequal burden of poor air
A new study focused on Delhi’s migrant worker hubs calls for more investment in building awareness and campaigns to check the impact of...
Maitreyee Boruah
Dec 11, 202410 min read
The identity battle brewing in Assam's tea gardens
Centuries’ old migration to tea plantations of Assam from Jharkhand is now a roadblock in a growing demand among workers for scheduled...
Rejimon Kuttappan
Dec 6, 202411 min read
On the slave labour trail
Dutch sociologist Jan Breman’s book reveals how the bonded labor system in India, though officially abolished, persists in insidious,...
Subha J Rao
Dec 3, 20247 min read
The migrant as motivation
Tamil and Kannada cinema have in recent years captured the journeys, challenges and joys of migration. What has led filmmakers to this...
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