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‘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...
Amoolya Rajappa
Dec 30, 20247 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,...
Hepzi Anthony
Dec 30, 20245 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,...
Anuradha Nagaraj
Dec 30, 20241 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...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 27, 20242 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...
Shreehari Paliath
Dec 27, 202413 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...
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Dec 27, 20247 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...
Aishwarya Mohanty
Dec 23, 20249 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...
Anuj Behal and Anshul Rai Sharma
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...
Hepzi Anthony
Dec 20, 20248 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...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 18, 20241 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...
Aishwarya Tripathi and Dharmendra Rajpoot
Dec 16, 202411 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...
Ritwika Mitra and Deekshith R Pai
Dec 13, 20241 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...
Monika Banerjee
Dec 11, 20247 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...
Maitreyee Boruah
Dec 11, 202410 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,...
Rejimon Kuttappan
Dec 6, 202411 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...
Subha J Rao
Dec 3, 20247 min read

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