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Nidhi jamwal and Naveen kumar manoharan
1 day ago1 min read
Migrant workers & the data gap: the climate question
In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate...


Nidhi jamwal and Naveen kumar manoharan
5 days ago1 min read
Migrant workers and the data gap
M igrant workers contribute to nearly 10% of India’s GDP, but there is no real estimate on their exact numbers. Why is counting migrants...


Namrata Raju
5 days ago1 min read
Should I stay or should I go?
In states like Uttarakhand, the dire impacts of climate change are equally felt by those who have to leave home, and those who find...


Hepzi Anthony
Feb 171 min read
A sea of migrants on Mumbai's docks
Mumbai's fishing sector workers are former daily wage labourers, farmers and also tailors from across the country, who are drawn to this...


Namrata Raju
Feb 101 min read
Working hours and the working class
Various industrialists have suggested that Indians should work longer hours for success. But how hard do Indians actually work? Namrata Raju

Salim Attar and Mritunjay Kumar
Jan 311 min read
Pomegranate blooms in the desert, creates jobs
Pomegranate farming in the past decade in water-starved Barmer has yielded gains for farmers and created a new migration corridor between...


Rakhi Ghosh and Deekshith Pai
Jan 311 min read
Trapped in the protection net
The Odisha government's sustained efforts to protect the vulnerable olive ridley turtles has yielded results. Now local fishermen, forced...


Hepzi Anthony
Jan 271 min read
'Migrants comprise more than 70% of Mumbai's fish sector workforce'
One of Mumbai's oldest inhabitants, the Koli community, no longer wants their children to inherit the fishing trade, creating a vacuum...


Anuradha Nagaraj
Jan 201 min read
The Reporters' Dilemma
How do you tell stories of migrants, show the world their personal journeys and challenges and not come across as intrusive? Reporters...


Namrata Raju
Jan 81 min read
Sounds and sites of street vending
Street vendors and hawkers that dot city pavements often lend to cities unique identities even as they remain largely informal, facing...


Anuradha Nagaraj
Dec 30, 20241 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,...


Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 27, 20242 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 18, 20241 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...


Ritwika Mitra and Deekshith R Pai
Dec 13, 20241 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...


Roli Srivastava
Nov 27, 20241 min read
The fear of a green future?
Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the...


Namrata Raju
Nov 27, 20241 min read
The brick and mortar of construction work
The construction industry is one of India's biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers? Namrata Raju The construction...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 22, 20241 min read
'Green Does Not Mean Equal'
Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice. Roli Srivastava...

Hepzi Anthony
Nov 15, 20241 min read
The evolution of the migrant voice in Mumbai elections
Once a talking point in Mumbai elections, the anti-migrant poll rhetoric has now tapered down Hepzi Anthony

Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Up in Smoke
Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge Delhi's pollution has cast a shadow on the earnings of migrant workers who travel to the city every year...


Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Nov 7, 20241 min read
The Rush To Go Home
The recent festival rush in trains is reflective of the challenges migrant workers face through the year on these journeys Deekshith Pai...

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