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Anuj Behal

Aug 167 min read

Inside Delhi's Momo Capital

In the heart of Delhi, the welcoming urban village of Chirag Dilli, has given an address to countless migrants from the northeast, who...

‘Yesterday, my dear departed for Calcutta’

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...

The invisible victims of Pune’s Porsche crash

Varsha Torgalkar

Aug 96 min read

The invisible victims of Pune’s Porsche crash

Migrant workers in the city’s bars and pubs have become jobless following government action against places serving liquor Varsha...

Prakhar Dobhal, Swara Garge, Jais Jacob

Aug 71 min read

Wayanad: Lost in the Landslide

Video producers: Prakhar Dobhal, Swara Garge Footage: Jais Jacob Wayanad has an estimated 100,000 migrant workers, who were amongst the...

Rishabh Shrivastava, Nidhi Jamwal, Naveen Kumar Manoharan

Aug 51 min read

The Worry About Warming Waters

Millions of people in India live near the coastline, many depend on the fisheries sector for a living, and they will be the worst hit as...

Solar pumps lift salt farmers out of diesel-fuelled poverty

Suchak Patel

Aug 28 min read

Solar pumps lift salt farmers out of diesel-fuelled poverty

Agarias, the traditional salt farmers of the Little Rann of Kutch, shift to renewable energy to produce salt, breaking free from decades...

Jigyasa Mishra

Jul 266 min read

For the love of God

Many small traders who migrated to Ayodhya decades ago are returning to their villages having lost their shops to the town’s recent...

The 'climate cocktail' impacting worker health

Rishabh Shrivastava

Jul 193 min read

The 'climate cocktail' impacting worker health

More than 70 percent of the global workforce, is likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, says report Rishabh...

Heirloom seeds take root, arrest migration from Madhya Pradesh village

Aishwarya Mohanty

Jul 126 min read

Heirloom seeds take root, arrest migration from Madhya Pradesh village

As a shift to heirloom seeds and indigenous crops improves agricultural yields in Jhabua district, farmers are less dependent on migration..

Esha Roy

Jul 81 min read

The cost of going green

As brick kilns close for cleaner air, a race for jobs

Esha Roy

Jul 58 min read

As brick kilns close for cleaner air, a race for jobs

With no safety nets as brick kilns shut shop around New Delhi to meet emission norms, workers return to villages to find new work

No shade, no water: The fatal flaws in India’s heat management

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.

In a Delhi heat ward, a lonely battle for life

Anumeha Yadav

Jun 217 min read

In a Delhi heat ward, a lonely battle for life

Unconscious, frothing in the mouth, holding ice packs: Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of India's worst heatwave

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.

Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Anumeha Yadav

Jun 149 min read

Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Migrant women workers fall through maternity care cracks

Overworked, undernourished: Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Anumeha Yadav

Jun 141 min read

Overworked, undernourished: Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Migrant workers are entitled to public health care services but a lack of identity cards is causing issues.

Tanmoy Bhaduri

Jun 75 min read

Braving the heat to bake bricks

Soaring temperatures take toll on firemen migrating to brick kilns

'We work in burning kilns, but this is hotter'

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

Anwesha Ganguly

May 303 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

Barkha's Boutique: The story of a migrant domestic help who now runs a fashion store

The Migration Story

May 301 min read

Barkha's Boutique: The story of a migrant domestic help who now runs a fashion store

Jharkhand's Barkha Kumari migrated to Punjab like many do from her Adivasi community, to earn a living.

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