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 time in their lives
December 2024
Sinking islands, empty houses
Thousands of people have migrated from Ghoramara in the eco-fragile Sundarbans _ the world’s largest mangrove vegetation _ as the island has shrunk to a fourth of its original size
How babies bear the unequal burden of poor air
A new study focused on Delhi’s migrant worker hubs calls for more investment in building awareness and campaigns to check the impact of toxic air on some of the city’s poorest, and youngest inhabitants
The identity battle brewing in Assam’s tea gardens
Centuries’ old migration to tea plantations of Assam from Jharkhand is now a roadblock in a growing demand among workers for scheduled tribe status
On the slave labour trail
Dutch sociologist Jan Breman’s book reveals how the bonded labor system in India, though officially abolished, persists in insidious, morphed forms
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 subject?
