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Hepzi Anthony
Dec 20, 20248 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...
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...
Aishwarya Tripathi and Dharmendra Rajpoot
Dec 16, 202411 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...
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...
Monika Banerjee
Dec 11, 20247 min read
How babies bear the unequal burden of poor air
A new study focused on Delhi’s migrant worker hubs calls for more investment in building awareness and campaigns to check the impact of...
Maitreyee Boruah
Dec 11, 202410 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...
Rejimon Kuttappan
Dec 6, 202411 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,...
Subha J Rao
Dec 3, 20247 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 29, 20247 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...
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...
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Nov 21, 20245 min read
The perils of plastic
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Can the Global Plastics Treaty protect the environment and also address the livelihoods and health of millions...
Mansi Bhaktwani, Prashant Nakwe
Nov 19, 20246 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...
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
Roli Srivastava
Nov 15, 202413 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...
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...
Vidya Mani
Nov 13, 20245 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...
Rohit Chauhan
Nov 11, 20247 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 8, 20248 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...
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