Liby Johnson
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...
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Simit Bhagat
Aug 146 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...
Selomi Garnaik and Amruta S N
Jun 286 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.
Namrata Joshi
Jun 204 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.
Manohar Lal Navneet
Jun 74 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
Rajiv Khandelwal
Apr 196 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
Akhila Krishnamurthy
Feb 167 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
Radha Rajadhyaksha
Jan 127 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...
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