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The Heat Shift

Prakhar Dobhal

Prakhar Dobhal

07 Jul 2025 • 1 min read

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Inside a brutal day with a migrant delivery rider

44°C. 21 deliveries. As little as ₹20 per order.
This is what it takes to deliver a lunch amidst a searing heatwave in Delhi.

Sapna Gopal

Sapna Gopal

23 Jul 2025 • 11 min read

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Boom or burden? Landour’s tourist rush tests the limits of a hill town

Surging tourism brings income and migrants — but also crowds, traffic, and climate strain — prompting new restrictions in a town ill-equipped for the influx.

Anuj Behal

Anuj Behal

16 Jun 2025 • 17 min read

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Pedalling through heatwaves in India’s bicycle capital

Scorching heat in Ludhiana grips migrant workers walking, cycling or taking buses to work – and even an early morning ride is a losing battle against heat stress.

Laasya Shekhar

Laasya Shekhar

03 Jun 2025 • 14 min read

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

Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of cooling, with little access to health services or time off

Omair Farooq

Omair Farooq

29 May 2025 • 1 min read

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When illness meets India’s rising heat

No doctors back home. No money for private care. For India’s poor, AIIMS Delhi is the last hope.But as they wait on pavements for cancer, kidney or heart treatment, they face another invisible threat: Delhi’s deadly heat

Hepzi Anthony

Hepzi Anthony

29 May 2025 • 11 min read

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In a 10×12 Mumbai tenement, the cost of staying cool

Mumbaikars living in the city's sprawling slums are spending more and more on air conditioners, coolers and exhaust fans, even they if can’t afford to, to deal with the extreme heat

Prakhar Dobhal

Prakhar Dobhal

21 May 2025 • 1 min read

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Heatwaves are breaking Delhi’s migrant workers, and their incomes

As Delhi sizzles past 45°C, thousands of migrant workers face the city’s brutal heat without rest, shade, or protection.

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

16 May 2025 • 14 min read

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Sweating in silence: The invisible burden of heat at home

In Bengaluru’s low-income settlements, homes built with heat-trapping material, poor ventilation, irregular electricity and water supply, have made cooling a serious challenge

Mansi Bhaktwani

Mansi Bhaktwani

24 Apr 2025 • 9 min read

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India pulls up its sleeves to tackle rising heat, but is it enough?

It’s April and heatwaves are already sweeping parts of India. What steps are the central and state governments taking to protect citizens from the intense heat, and are they enough?

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

24 Apr 2025 • 8 min read

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India’s urban heat plans are growing — but so is concrete

From green shades to cold wards, municipalities are experimenting with measures to cope with rising heat. But the long-term solution lies in more climate-sensitive urban development.

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