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Kerala Clinic For Migrant Workers Featured In WHO List
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In this month's bulletin, we...

Mansi Bhaktwani
13 hours ago6 min read


Putting out forest fires with music, drums and a dash of devotion
The dying art form of sankirtan mandalis, recently revived by the women of Odisha’s villages, is being enlisted by forest officials to...

Roli Srivastava and Rakhi Ghosh
13 hours ago8 min read


With Men Gone, Odisha’s Women Take the Stage to Save A Dying Tradition
Cultural troupes in Odisha villages that had gone silent after men migrated for work have now been revived by women Roli Srivastava ...

Roli Srivastava
13 hours ago1 min read


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. Prakhar Dobhal...

Prakhar Dobhal and Swara Garge
2 days ago1 min read


Irregular Migration to the United States: From Aberrations to Deportations
In 2023, an estimated 97,000 Indians arrived illegally in the U.S., taking complicated routes, traversing multiple countries or even...

Sona Singh, Pari Saikia
4 days ago13 min read


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,...

Amoolya Rajappa
May 1611 min read


‘It is like living in a nightmare that never ends’: Lost near the LoC
The recent conflict between India and Pakistan has left migrants in Kashmir’s border areas jobless, stranded and afraid for their future...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
May 158 min read


“Municipalities are not city planners anymore, but vehicles of economic drain.”
From pourakarmikas to poets, protests to public policy, Srikar Raghavan’s Rama Bhima Soma is a layered portrait of the ever evolving...

Amoolya Rajappa
May 139 min read


Chandigarh’s unplanned shadow
Once an agrarian settlement, Jagatpura, on the outskirts of Chandigarh and Mohali, has transformed into a dense hub of informal rental...

Anuj Behal
May 59 min read


Unpacking just transitions
In our brand new mini-series on Just Transitions, we start by understanding what this term means Namrata Raju

Namrata Raju
Apr 301 min read


Shadows of the Sun
How equipped are rural communities to understand if the deals being offered to them by clean energy project developers are good or...

Roli Srivastava and Akshay Ramuhalli
Apr 301 min read


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
Apr 2512 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
Apr 247 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
Apr 246 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

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