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Watershed move: When a village shares a vital resource
A unique water conservation project based on sharing resources in a drought-prone region of eastern India has revived farms and wells,...

Roli Srivastava
34 minutes ago12 min read


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...

Mansi Bhaktwani
1 day ago7 min read


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...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
1 day ago6 min read


From crisis to coordination: lessons from Jharkhand’s journey
One of India’s poorest states showed enterprise and initiative to bring back its workers home amid a raging pandemic Bhargabi Ghosh When...

Bhargabi Ghosh
Apr 1710 min read


‘I don’t want to remember those years’
The reappearance of smog and congestion signal thriving business and normal life in Mumbai’s massive slum Dharavi Prashant Nakwe MUMBAI,...

Prashant Nakwe
Apr 175 min read


Lockdown Push To Migrant Tech Apps
The job crisis during the pandemic five years ago led to the creation of mobile apps connecting workers to jobs Mansi Bhaktwani...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Apr 171 min read


Fading stories of struggles on celluloid
Cinema once held a mirror to the woes of India’s working class. But even the scenes of thousands marching home during the pandemic failed...

Swapna Gopinath
Apr 117 min read


Urban Eats: How community kitchens serve workers on the move
For cycle rickshaw pullers and other 'footloose workers', subsidised meals provided at state run canteens are often the only wholesome...

Anjor Bhaskar
Apr 1110 min read


How Covid-19 changed India’s labour migration landscape
Preference for cities not too far from home, growing importance of children’s education and dipping bargaining power for wages, the...

Anuja
Apr 98 min read


’I have stopped migrating since my brother died’
Death of his brother on a railway track in Aurangabad district during the pandemic led to steel factory worker Birendra Singh vow to...
Birendra Singh
Apr 96 min read


From Dosas to Samosas: Food delivery apps and small businesses
Has the platform economy caused more harm than good to small businesses in the food and beverage industry? Namrata Raju

Namrata Raju
Apr 91 min read


App-alling: Commodifying domestic work through the gig economy
New services from apps such as “Insta-Maid” threaten to further marginalise the very workers who keep most of India’s households running....

Rosey Mukherjee
Apr 710 min read


Digital India’s Unseen Divide
There has been a surge in internet adoption particularly in rural India post pandemic, but most migrant workers are yet to use their...

Almaas Masood
Apr 410 min read


Beneath the panel
A massive solar park in Tamil Nadu has fuelled migration and those left behind count losses after giving up their land for the project...

Aparna Ganesan
Apr 11 min read


Counting the invisible millions
A unique initiative to register migrant workers and connect them with social security schemes was launched in Jharkhand in 2020. Five...

Rahul Singh and Deekshith R Pai
Apr 11 min read


Mobilizing ‘footloose’ labourers to secure their rights
Migrant workers continue to be prone to exploitation and discrimination, but unionizing a transient workforce pose unique challenges...

Vidhya CK
Mar 286 min read


Migrants serve up Eid sweets in Kashmir
Seasonal workers who seek jobs at bakeries in the region, especially during Ramzan and Eid, are now staying back in the Valley for longer...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
Mar 287 min read


Labour: Indian media’s blind spot
The main reason mainstream media in India covered the “great exodus” from our cities during the COVID-19 lockdown is because it was a...

Kalpana Sharma
Mar 277 min read


Only way home: trains remain the migrants' lifeline
For Mumbai’s migrant workers, train journeys home are a reminder of past hardships — and the fear of their return Hepzi Anthony Prashant...

Hepzi Anthony
Mar 279 min read


Bihar govt launches app to register migrant workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In the seventh edition, we...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Mar 265 min read

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