The Girl on the flyover
A chance interaction with a small child on a rainy evening has a researcher weigh in on challenges of survival and the lived reality of exclusion of migrant workers in urban India
October 2025
How Makhana farmers split their time between muddy ponds & the city
In Bihar, many farmers of makhana or the global “superfood,” leave for cities to make up for the shortfall in agricultural income.
Heat and crowded trains: The cost of cool, clean water on a migrant journey
For migrant workers hopping onto long-distance trains, it is the consolation of being home that spurs them to overlook the challenges of journeys made with limited means, particularly access to clean and affordable drinking water
