Forest and tiger conservation programmes are leading to the relocation and evictions of tribal communities from their homelands, forcing...

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,...

As India incentivises electric vehicles to cut emissions, auto repair workers face uncertainty, with many at risk of being left behind in...

The third UN Ocean Conference at Nice, France will push for a treaty to protect the high seas and garner new commitments for ocean...

Mumbaikars living in the city's sprawling slums are spending more and more on air conditioners, coolers and exhaust fans, even they if...

Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region have been wrecked by the agrarian crisis, but collective dairy farming provides a viable alternative to farmers and migrants who returned during the pandemic Shekhar Paigude Angad Taur A local collection centre of Marathwada dairy near Satefal village in Beed district of Marathwada. Angad Taur/The Migration Story  KALAMB, Maharashtra : When dairy helper Ramkumar Machave returned home   to his arid Satefal village in Beed from Ahi

Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit's debut book 'The Many Lives of Syeda X' follows the eponymous protagonist, one among the countless...

Fish hauls are in free fall as oceans warm, forcing fishermen, many of them migrant workers, to go deeper into the sea, often violating...

The South Asian region has a history of colonial violence, resulting in a brutal legacy which has also impacted its borders. In this...

The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In this month's bulletin, we...

The dying art form of sankirtan mandalis , recently revived by the women of Odisha’s villages, is being enlisted by forest officials to spread awareness about protecting forests Roli Srivastava Rakhi Ghosh Members of  sankirtan mandali perform in the village before going to stage of Solah Prahari Yagyan. Ashutosh Maharana/ The Migration Story KEONJHAR/ANGUL, Odisha:  The women of Murgapahadi village in eastern India have for years managed farms and children, walked to forests

Cultural troupes in Odisha villages that had gone silent after men migrated for work have now been revived by women Roli Srivastava ...

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

In 2023, an estimated 97,000 Indians arrived illegally in the U.S., taking complicated routes, traversing multiple countries or even...

In Bengaluru’s low-income settlements, homes built with heat-trapping material, poor ventilation, irregular electricity and water supply,...

The recent conflict between India and Pakistan has left migrants in Kashmir’s border areas jobless, stranded and afraid for their future Tauseef Ahmad Sajid Raina Migrant workers take a break at a construction site in Nusoo village in Bandipora district on May 2, 2025. They came to work here after the roads to the Gurez Valley were closed in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Majid Raina/The Migration Story BANDIPORA, Jammu and Kashmir, May 10, 2025: The narrow road

From pourakarmikas to poets, protests to public policy, Srikar Raghavan’s Rama Bhima Soma  is a layered portrait of the ever evolving...

Once an agrarian settlement, Jagatpura, on the outskirts of Chandigarh and Mohali, has transformed into a dense hub of informal rental housing for  thousands of migrant workers who navigate precarious living conditions, high rents and exclusion from the city they help build. Anuj Behal Row houses built by migrants on land leased from the local zamindar , for which they pay a monthly rent in Jagaputra. Anuj Behal/The Migration Story JAGATPURA, Punjab: Akhilesh, 23, a daily wa