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Freedom to stay home: Can rural communities break free from distress migration?
Fickle weather destroying farmlands and eroding livelihoods fuel rural to urban migration but some rural communities are finding ways to adapt.

Faraz Rupani
Nov 28, 20257 min read


Manipur conflict aftermath: A mother's story from inside a relief camp
Violence in Manipur has forced thousands to flee their homes. More than two years later, families continue to live in relief camps with the uncertainty of what the future holds, the struggle for daily-wage work and the emotional toll of living without a home

Shanti Salam
Nov 26, 20251 min read


The invisible labour of migrant women in Kochi
From unpaid care work to the lowest-paid factory jobs, labour of migrant women is unacknowledged. With the home becoming an extension of work, over time this bodily overuse leads to the inability to work, produce, care, or even sustain itself

Ambuja Raj
Nov 17, 20255 min read


The truth behind the Saudi's Kafala system
South Asians form a bulk of Saudi Arabia's low-wage workforce and any news around the country's labour norms are tracked keenly, including the recent fake news around the employer-tied visa sponsorship of workers.

Namrata Raju
Nov 17, 20251 min read


Loss of culture weighs heavy on Odisha’s migrant women
The migration of women from coastal Odisha to other states over the years reflects the thousands of livelihoods lost to cyclones, floods, and sea erosion. The women who migrate for work risk everything --- they travel far from their community, uprooting themselves from their culture, language and families. Will Odisha government’s newly launched mobile migrant resource centre be able to arrest distress migration?

Shobha Surin
Nov 12, 202511 min read


Rising dengue, malaria cases reveal uncounted migrants in Tamil Nadu
Cases fuelled by cramped, unsanitary living conditions in factory-provided accommodations, and also visits to villages, say campaigners and doctors. Migrants seek Hindi-language medical camps.

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram
Nov 12, 20257 min read


A circular loop: Rural-urban-rural migration in a north Karnataka district
The government’s skill development schemes encouraged youth in Raichur to migrate to cities for ‘better jobs’, but they only found low-paid work in urban areas and have been returning to their villages?

Vishaka V. Warrier
Nov 7, 202511 min read


Paper promises? The migrant welfare gap
At a Mumbai convening, campaigners speak about the many welfare schemes available for migrants that exist mostly on paper, as accessing them is extremely difficult due to lack of awareness and cumbersome documentation.

Hepzi Anthony
Nov 7, 20251 min read

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