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
November 2024
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 recently concluded COP29 in Baku
The brick and mortar of construction work
The construction industry is one of India’s biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers?
‘Green does not mean equal’
Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice.
The perils of plastic
Can the Global Plastics Treaty protect the environment and also address the livelihoods and health of millions of informal workers who help produce plastic or recycle it?
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 countless small bakeries in the city
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
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 taxes and is also making a neat profit.
Up in smoke
Delhi’s pollution has cast a shadow on the earnings of migrant workers who travel to the city every year during the festival season to sell bamboo Ravan effigies
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 of home and sense of belonging through stories rooted in reality
