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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


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


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


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


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


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


‘I want to study’: the pandemic shadow on schooling lifts for some children
A bunch of initiatives in Assam try to bring back migrant workers’ children to school, but the impact of the COVID-led break in their...

Maitreyee Boruah
Mar 2610 min read


'Underlying causes of migrant exodus remain unchanged'
Five years after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of Covid-19, which led to one of the largest exodus by migrant...

Anuja
Mar 241 min read


'We saw MGNREGA's full potential during the lockdown'
India's rural jobs guarantee scheme created jobs for thousands of men and women who left cities during the lockdown, and continues to...

Roli Srivastava
Mar 71 min read

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