Boom or burden? Landour’s tourist rush tests the limits of a hill town
Surging tourism brings income and migrants — but also crowds, traffic, and climate strain — prompting new restrictions in a town ill-equipped for the influx.
July 2025
Chennai corporation launches AC lounges for gig workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles news and developments pertaining to India’s migrant workforce from across India. In this month’s bulletin, we track air conditioned lounges for gig workers in Chennai, a survey in Andhra Pradesh to curb illegal immigrants and in Telangana to enumerate migrant workers from Chhattisgarh and more.
The vanishing mulberry trees of Kashmir
The gradual disappearance of these trees, a part of the union territory’s heritage, has impacted the sericulture trade and led to migration, climate change and a way of life
The big India melt: From heat stress to the politics of shade
As heatwaves sweep across large swathes of India, Aditya Valiathan Pillai, a doctoral researcher at King’s College London discusses Heat Action Plans of cities and the politics of shade
