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Only way home: trains remain the migrants' lifeline
For Mumbai’s migrant workers, train journeys home are a reminder of past hardships — and the fear of their return Hepzi Anthony Prashant...
Hepzi Anthony
Mar 279 min read


The Merchants of Kumbh
The recently concluded Kumbh mela drew not just pilgrims but toy sellers, chaat makers and sanitation workers from across Uttar Pradesh...
Anuj Behal
Mar 49 min read


Our daily bread: Rising pollution casts a shadow on Mumbai’s bakers
To switch from wood or wood scrap to alternate fuels to fire their ovens would increase production costs and impact the business of...
Mansi Bhaktwani, Prashant Nakwe
Nov 19, 20246 min read


Work and Worship
Hundreds of people migrate from rural West Bengal to Kolkata to meet the spike in demand for labour during its biggest celebration of the...
Tanmoy Bhaduri
Oct 7, 20245 min read


Shahida Bibi's Bangles
After her grandsons migrated from their home in West Bengal to work as goldsmiths in Navi Mumbai, a matriarch enjoys simple pleasures bought
Anwesha Ganguly
May 30, 20243 min read


Sunaina Devi’s Farm Revolution
Home alone after sons migrate, farmer taps solar to tackle water scarcity on her farm Pictures & Text: Tanmoy Bhaduri Sunaina Devi, 52,...
Tanmoy Bhaduri
Apr 12, 20242 min read

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