The rapidly growing Indian seafood processing industry depends on migrant workers to cut, clean, freeze and package fish. But the recent ammonia leak in a Tamil Nadu plant exposes the rampant disregard for worker safety, many of whom are women and adolescents
For decades, migration was the only escape from acute water crisis for the Korku tribal community of Payvihir village. Through community-based governance and prudent use of government schemes , the village has now restored forest-based livelihoods and curbed migration almost entirely
Trained in their hometown at a government-run skill development programme for rural youth, Kamalpreet Kaur and Priyanka left their homes in Punjab and travelled to the outskirts of Delhi to work in e-commerce warehouses. It was the first time either had left home for a salaried job. What followed was an adjustment not just to work, but to an entirely new world. This is their story.
Extreme weather, labour exploitation, political rhetoric and new research underscore the changing realities of migration this month.
Stories of migration are often complex and require a sensitive, humane approach. Similarly, it requires nuanced storytelling while bringing out these stories for the public.
In her latest film, filmmaker Tribeny Rai crafts a tender, yet insightful exploration of migration, womanhood, and belonging.
Tribeny Rai, director of the ‘Shape of Momo’ that released last month to rave reviews, reflects on return-migration, the search for belonging, and complex womanhood.
A bus service in Udaipur district and its villages has cut migration to other states, offering many villagers the luxury of returning home every evening. But to catch the last bus home, they must work through the peak heat hours to protect their daily wages, even as the district’s heat advisories ask people to stay indoors.
Maharashtra has hundreds of jaggery processing mills across the states, from co-operative units to private entities. These mills have become a seasonal livelihood source for thousands of migrant workers from districts of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
Rising temperatures affect everyone, but the inability to cool their bodies due to lack of electricity or inadequate water supply impacts informal migrant women workers more, exacerbated by poor housing, the double exposure to heat at home and low incomes
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