“There’s poison in the air, poison in the sun. But we have to work.”
In North Delhi, at the foot of the Bhalswa landfill, women waste pickers battle deadly heatwaves, toxic fumes, and crumbling health every single day.
June 2025
A death in the kiln
On the dusty outskirts of Mahemdavad, Gujarat, a three-year-old’s death in a brick kiln peeled back the multiple layers of bonded labour, caste exploitation and official indifference that surrounded the tragedy. What followed was resistance, fear and a fight for workers’ dignity.
In furnace-like factories, the struggle for water and wage
Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of cooling, with little access to health services or time off
Nourishing, everyday recipes of working-class migrants
Cooking can be a negotiation between customs from the village, the cost of ingredients, and the availability of familiar produce in Bengaluru’s migrant kitchens
