Uttarakhand’s ghost villages: The hidden migration crisis
Over 1,700 ghost villages now lie empty across the Himalayan state, homes locked, fields barren, and communities lost.
July 2025
From dust to just: Indian coal and just transitions
Can we superimpose solutions from Western countries as we seek out these “Just Transitions” in the coal industry
Dying far from home: Agonising wait for Odisha migrant workers’ families
Labourers who travel cross-country with a promise to return often don’t make the final journey back, their bereaved families left to grapple with a stifling bureaucracy and exorbitant costs
The making of a migrant city
From tents in the rain to teeming barracks and now cramped vertical slums, Ulhasnagar has seen generations of migrants, first from Sindh, and now from within India, battle poor infrastructure, fragile healthcare, and institutional apathy with quiet resilience
‘This story was a bite away’
The culinary traditions and practices of migrants carry more than just flavour—they hold stories of survival, longing, memory, and identity. On this podcast, reporters reflect on tracing food memories, tasting the dishes they write about.
Caught in climate extremes: The dilemma North Karnataka’s farmers face
Irregular rains across North Karnataka coupled with devastating flash floods along the length of Malaprabha river is adversely affecting agriculture, forcing migration from these villages.
Crushed fingers, delayed aid: Invisible injuries in India’s auto sector
More than 7,000 auto-sector workers have suffered severe workplace injuries since 2016, mostly in the supply chains of India’s top automobile brands. But injuries and owner negligence remain underreported, says a report by non-profit Safe In India
From Gurgaon to Chicago, a global wake-up call on floods
More cities are flooding under heavy rains, but drainage, zoning, and warning systems lag far behind.
Freedom’s price: Queer life in Indian cities
Urban centres offer anonymity and community, yet migrants grapple with high costs, job precarity, discrimination, and isolation.
Banking on better financial services
Low-wage migrants play a substantial role in our economic development but struggle to access financial services
