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Of caste, climate and the creation of one of India’s busiest migration corridors

Aishwarya Mohanty

3 days ago9 min read

Of caste, climate and the creation of one of India’s busiest migration corridors

For decades, tens of thousands of people from Ganjam in Odisha have flocked to Surat for work. But migration is not an option all can...

Anuj Behal and Anshul Rai Sharma

6 days ago8 min read

Out of focus

Street photographers have for decades captured memories for tourists visiting the India Gate, but the Central Vista project in New Delhi...

Fumes, disease, debt: Life in Asia’s largest dumping ground

Hepzi Anthony

6 days ago8 min read

Fumes, disease, debt: Life in Asia’s largest dumping ground

Breathing toxic air is not a seasonal but a daily reality for residents of a sprawling slum in a Mumbai suburb located next to a massive...

From riches to rags: The making of new migrants

Aishwarya Tripathi and Dharmendra Rajpoot

Dec 1611 min read

From riches to rags: The making of new migrants

As the flooded river Sharda cuts aways into land and homes in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, farmers prepare to migrate for the first...

The identity battle brewing in Assam's tea gardens

Maitreyee Boruah

Dec 1110 min read

The identity battle brewing in Assam's tea gardens

Centuries’ old migration to tea plantations of Assam from Jharkhand is now a roadblock in a growing demand among workers for scheduled...

Subha J Rao

Dec 37 min read

The migrant as motivation

Tamil and Kannada cinema have in recent years captured the journeys, challenges and joys of migration. What has led filmmakers to this...

Saurav Kumar

Nov 297 min read

Clinging to a burning coalfield

“People have slipped into a fissure of fire and never returned”: Why Jharia’s residents choose to live on a burning land than relocate...

Our daily bread: Rising pollution casts a shadow on Mumbai’s bakers

Mansi Bhaktwani, Prashant Nakwe

Nov 196 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...

Millionaire village: How forest ownership rights reshaped the fortunes of a tribal village

Roli Srivastava

Nov 1513 min read

Millionaire village: How forest ownership rights reshaped the fortunes of a tribal village

Pachgaon village in Maharashtra has tapped its forest to start a bamboo business, create jobs and arrest migration. The village pays...

Silent no more: women farm workers speak up for justice

Rohit Chauhan

Nov 117 min read

Silent no more: women farm workers speak up for justice

Tribal women working under the exploitative ‘bhagiya’ system in Gujarat are very often sexually exploited by powerful landowners and...

Menaka Rao

Nov 88 min read

In recovery, away from home

A sanatorium in Goa becomes a refuge for migrant workers recuperating from tuberculosis Menaka Rao Margao TB Hospital in Goa. Menaka...

Anuja

Nov 510 min read

Inside Delhi’s Chhath circuits

Not all migrants travel back home to celebrate the biggest festival of Bihar - Chhath. Countless celebrations dot major cities like Delhi...

Mansi Bhaktwani

Nov 55 min read

Migrant workers targeted in Kashmir

The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media...

Heat and crowded trains: The cost of cool, clean water on a migrant journey

Ishita Dey and Neetu Singh

Oct 259 min read

Heat and crowded trains: The cost of cool, clean water on a migrant journey

For migrant workers hopping onto long-distance trains, it is the consolation of being home that spurs them to overlook the challenges of...

Nidhi Jamwal

Oct 229 min read

No place to call home

Repeated floods in north Bihar have fuelled migration of men, and displaced their families repeatedly as swelling rivers swallow land...

Rural help desks yield bumper crops, increase incomes

Esha Roy

Oct 1816 min read

Rural help desks yield bumper crops, increase incomes

Nagarik Sahayta Kendras, a collaboration between civil society organisations and the government, were launched to help villagers get jobs...

Tanmoy Bhaduri

Oct 75 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...

Cholera outbreak spotlights poor working conditions in Goa's fish sector

Mansi Bhaktwani

Oct 45 min read

Cholera outbreak spotlights poor working conditions in Goa's fish sector

The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media...

Dharavi revamp: A way of life and work to change in Mumbai's migrant hub

Aarefa Johari

Oct 413 min read

Dharavi revamp: A way of life and work to change in Mumbai's migrant hub

In the streets and warehouses of Asia’s largest slum, migrant workers who make up for a large part of the slum’s population, reflect on...

Amoolya Rajappa

Sep 307 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...

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