‘Each brick carries the mark of a worker’s hand, but once it becomes part of a wall or a building that trace disappears’

Through his Kochi-Muziris Biennale installation, Only the Earth Knows Their Labour, artist…

India’s Gulf migration model faces a new test

The migrant workforce in the Gulf has weathered many geopolitical tensions and…

In furnace-like factories, the struggle for water and wage demo

Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due…

‘Waiting for flights to resume’: Gulf-bound Indian workers in limbo as war disrupts travel

Flight disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict have forced Indian workers…

Inside India’s Scam Economy

Snigdha Poonam, journalist and author of 'Scamlands: Inside the Asian Empire of…

‘I’m an artist, but being a labourer is my destiny’: Decline in tant handlooms forces West Bengal’s weavers to migrate for work

Meagre returns from weaving and stiff competition from powerlooms have forced rural…