july 19 | The Migration Story

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...

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...

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...

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...

'Jungle is our Life': The Story of a Village Collective

Roli Srivastava

Sep 2712 min read

'Jungle is our Life': The Story of a Village Collective

India gives tribal villages rights over forest land and its produce but the laws have been poorly implemented. A union of villages in...

In Odisha’s Adivasi areas, farmers fish their way back home

Abhijit Mohanty

Sep 1310 min read

In Odisha’s Adivasi areas, farmers fish their way back home

A state-run fish farming scheme in Odisha creates livelihood opportunity in drought-hit villages, brings migrants home Abhijit Mohanty...

Sanskriti Talwar

Sep 411 min read

“The machines have taken over our work”

The livelihoods of an estimated 15 lakh farm workers in Punjab – not counting the thousands of migrant labourers in the state - are at...

Arshdeep Arshi

Aug 297 min read

'Who will till your land?'

Hostility towards migrant farm workers in Punjab villages raises livelihood and dignity concerns Arshdeep Arshi Migrant workers Sikandar...

Migrant workers head to the Valley to beat the heat

Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth

Aug 238 min read

Migrant workers head to the Valley to beat the heat

Bedmakers, construction workers and street vendors landed in Kashmir in larger numbers this year as relentless heatwaves swept across...

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...

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...

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...

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