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Hanging by a thread: Nimisha Priya’s case spotlights plight of Indian migrants jailed overseas
Over 10,000 Indians are currently in foreign prisons, over 60% of them in Gulf countries. India has helplines and welfare funds but...

Rejimon Kuttappan
Jul 17, 20256 min read


The burden of summer in Asia’s largest wholesale market
Many felt that Delhi’s heatwave this year was not so intense but the workers in the wholesale vegetable and fruit market - Azadpur Mandi - have a different experience to share Sanskriti Talwar Ramakant carrying three sacks of peas across the open yard of Azadpur Mandi in Delhi in May-end on a day when the temperature in the capital was recorded as 40°C. The mandi is Asia’s largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market. Sanskriti Talwar/The Migration Story New Delhi : Ramakant

Sanskriti Talwar
Jul 11, 202510 min read


Moving Act
In a time of shortened attention spans, five years after the pandemic, a play Hunkaro and its makers want you to listen to the stories of migration. Sanskriti Talwar Akshay Ramuhalli

Sanskriti Talwar and Akshar Ramuhalli
Jul 9, 20251 min read


‘We are very much Indian citizens’
Bengali-speaking migrants, mostly Muslims, were rounded up by the Mumbai police, flown cross-country and forced into Bangladesh – even...

Neha Banka
Jul 9, 202512 min read


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. Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge

Prakhar Dobhal and Swara Garge
Jul 7, 20251 min read


Why Melting Glaciers Are Triggering Mass Migration in the Himalayas
Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting fast, triggering deadly floods and displacing communities Nidhi Jamwal

Nidhi Jamwal
Jul 7, 20251 min read


How recurring floods fuel migration in Assam
Indigenous communities like the Misings, living near the river banks for centuries, are particularly vulnerable. Sanskrita Bharadwaj...

Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Jul 7, 20257 min read


Flooding Memories
For Assamese migrants in Bengaluru, trauma caused by floods is an annual ritual. Maitreyee Boruah Koyes Ahmed Laskar from Assam's Hailakandi district stands in front of his cab parked at KR Market in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Maitreyee Boruah/The Migration Story BENGALURU, Karnataka : Like any other June morning, the Krishnarajendra Market, better known as KR Market, in Bengaluru was bustling. It takes a moment to make sense of the myriad sights, sounds, and smells quintessenti

Maitreyee Boruah
Jul 7, 20259 min read

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