Aishwarya Mohanty

Aishwarya Mohanty is an independent journalist based in Odisha, and reports on the often overlapping themes of gender, human rights, climate change and environment.

Migration to equality: How Kerala has emerged as the great caste leveller

Higher wages and a more equitable work experience is drawing some of the most marginalised communities from Odisha’s Ganjam to Kerala ...

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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...

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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..

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Free and Fair

Odisha’s migrant households are seeing a gender-based split in voting preferences, with women rooting for a regional party while men pin the

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In Search of Jobs, and Brides

Repeated cyclones, sea-level rise and increasing soil salinity have disrupted farm yields and hampered the matrimonial prospects of young me

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