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Sonu Pandey
Jan 177 min read
Love and longing at metro rail construction sites
After long hours of work, informal labourers employed to build metro networks in cities struggle with exhaustion and loneliness Sonu...
Esha Roy
Jan 1015 min read
In migration-prone Uttarakhand, a fresh crop of women leaders
Many villages in this Himalayan state have had their fortunes turned around by all-woman Gram Panchayats Esha Roy Members of the Pachisi...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Jan 87 min read
‘Climate justice lens is key to planning cities better’
As India grapples with weather extremes, the country must use an inclusive lens in its climate action plans and strategies to protect...
Shreehari Paliath
Dec 27, 202413 min read
Caste on my plate
Surat’s textile hub survives on the labour of tens of thousands of Odia migrant workers, mostly from Ganjam. They carry with them the...
Aishwarya Mohanty
Dec 23, 20249 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
Dec 20, 20248 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Anuja
Nov 5, 202410 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 5, 20245 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...
Ishita Dey and Neetu Singh
Oct 25, 20249 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 22, 20249 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...
Esha Roy
Oct 18, 202416 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 7, 20245 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...
Aarefa Johari
Oct 4, 202413 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 30, 20247 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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