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Mobilizing ‘footloose’ labourers to secure their rights
Migrant workers continue to be prone to exploitation and discrimination, but unionizing a transient workforce pose unique challenges...
Vidhya CK
Mar 286 min read

Labour: Indian media’s blind spot
The main reason mainstream media in India covered the “great exodus” from our cities during the COVID-19 lockdown is because it was a...
Kalpana Sharma
Mar 277 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


Longing, belonging
The story of human migration is a complex and difficult one to tell. But children’s authors are helping young readers understand the idea...
Vidya Mani
Nov 13, 20245 min read


Unpacking the migrant economy
What can migrants’ earnings buy? In Odisha, migrant workers are bringing in as much or more financial resources as the government spends...
Liby Johnson
Sep 20, 20249 min read


‘Yesterday, my dear departed for Calcutta’
The death of a Bhojpuri singer this summer is a blow to the already dying folk tradition that reflects the historical reality of millions...
Simit Bhagat
Aug 14, 20246 min read


No shade, no water: The fatal flaws in India’s heat management
To protect street vendors/urban workers from the impact of rising heat, Indian cities need inclusive policies.
Selomi Garnaik and Amruta S N
Jun 28, 20246 min read

The persuasive cinema of exodus
The theme of large-scale human exodus is one of the most prevalent and persuasive in world cinema, ubiquitous in international festivals.
Namrata Joshi
Jun 20, 20244 min read


'We work in burning kilns, but this is hotter'
A first-hand account of life in a New Delhi shelter home during a
heatwave
Manohar Lal Navneet
Jun 7, 20244 min read


The Missing Millions in Manifestos
The focus migrant workers received during the COVID lockdowns has largely disappeared and political manifestos are pitifully thin on worker
Rajiv Khandelwal
Apr 19, 20246 min read


Cracking The Rasam Code
Across many Chennai homes, men from north India are cooking up a storm, having perfected the cuisine from Tamil Nadu, learning, along the wa
Akhila Krishnamurthy
Feb 16, 20247 min read


The Migrant on Celluloid
For decades, Hindi cinema has captured how seductive cities lure villagers and how harsh reality eventually leads to heartbreak Radha...
Radha Rajadhyaksha
Jan 12, 20247 min read

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