While Delhi sleeps behind locked gates, hundreds of private security guards fight a silent battle against cold winters and toxic smog amid government-imposed bans on biomass burning.
TMS founders Roli and Anuradha take up reader questions on the two-year journey of The Migration Story
Nearly a decade after the cyclone swept through the hills of Gajapati district, stripping soil from the farm steps and washing away spring sources, its impact is still felt in every home, with more members migrating for work
The labour ministry recently directed quick commerce companies to stop promoting themselves as a ten minute service. But what does the 10-minute delivery model look like, and is this directive enough to make delivery partners safe?
While all eyes are on the iconic monument every Republic Day, its environs are also a migrant magnet, providing livelihood to thousands who pour into Delhi from adjacent villages and nearby states
The slowdown at Gujarat’s Alang – the world’s largest ship-recycling yard – has forced migrant workers to seek employment elsewhere, but they return here whenever a ship arrives because the work, though hazardous, is continuous and pays more
Adarsh Behera, a 36-year-old mechanic from Odisha working in Sudan, was caught in the country’s civil war and abducted by the Rapid Support Forces in October 2025. He returned home in December. This is his story.
Odisha has witnessed distress migrations for long, but stemming the crisis will require the state to prioritise people’s rights over its mining and development agenda
Ramnarayan Baghel, who died in a lynching attack in Kerala last month, had migrated to the state to be able to complete work on his under-construction house, which remains unfinished even as his family stares at a future without their sole breadwinnder
Tamil Nadu recently rolled back its decision to count its migrant workforce. What are the implications of such a decision and the potential impact it may have had on the wellbeing of the industrial state’s migrant workforce, if it was completed.
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While Delhi sleeps behind locked gates, hundreds of private security guards fight…
TMS founders Roli and Anuradha take up reader questions on the two-year…
