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The cost of a mistaken identity
Key to Bengaluru’s waste management system, many migrant workers from West Bengal live under constant fear of being labelled as illegal...
Amoolya Rajappa
Mar 711 min read


In Bengaluru’s migrant colony, babies have a poor shot at vaccination
Living conditions and the burden of daily wage work prevent young migrant mothers from availing state health services, including...
Amoolya Rajappa
Jan 317 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...
Amoolya Rajappa
Dec 30, 20247 min read


Expensive data disconnects migrants
Sharp increases in mobile tariffs are straining the budgets of migrant workers in cities like Bengaluru, making it harder for them to...
Amoolya Rajappa
Sep 30, 20247 min read


Star-crossed in Silicon City
Migrant workers who fled droughts and floods in their villages, bear an unequal burden in Bengaluru's intense water crisis
Amoolya Rajappa
Apr 5, 20247 min read

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