Migrants return home as Diamond City loses lustre
Thousands of diamond workers have left Surat as the processing hub grapples with sanctions on Russia, falling exports, and U.S. tariffs.
September 2025
The quiet exit of rain-fed farming
Rain-fed farming has traditionally escaped policy and funding attention, though it engages more than 60% of India’s farmers. In Karnataka’s Koppal, it now finds itself competing with state-backed solar farms for real estate, at a considerable social cost
Rains, recession, automation lead to job drought at Ahmedabad’s labour nakas
Even as thousands of informal-sector workers struggle amid the construction slowdown in Gujarat, the government spent less than 20% of its labour cess funds for workers’ welfare last year
AI’s hidden thirst: The water and power cost of data centres
Data centres worldwide consume vast amounts of electricity and water, potentially straining resources. With AI’s growth, the footprint is set to balloon.
Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects
Many young migrant workers are signing up to construct renewable energy parks in India, but wage delays and lack of amenities is forcing them to quit their jobs within months
How Rajasthani artisans shape Maharashtra’s biggest festival
Idol makers from the Mogiya community from Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan migrate to Pune every year to sculpt idols for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Not so sweet: From “remedy” for workers to labour exploitation in the sugar sector
Archana Kotecha, founder and CEO of The Remedy Project discusses the ways in which global supply chains are linked with abusive working conditions
