As the World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7) concludes today, we take you to brick kilns of Uttar Pradesh where informed choices,...

‘Let governments rest assured that we as a people have remained beautifully unified through all these times. It is not language that has...

Migrant worker communities in cities occupy precarious residences, ranging from informal rentals, employer-provided rooms or squatting on...

A grandmother traces her grandfather’s migration journey  from over a century ago to better understand her equal love for avial, payasam...

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

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...

The main reason mainstream media in India covered the “great exodus” from our cities during the COVID-19 lockdown is because it was a...

Dutch sociologist Jan Breman’s book reveals how the bonded labor system in India, though officially abolished, persists in insidious,...

The story of human migration is a complex and difficult one to tell. But children’s authors are helping young readers understand the idea...

What can migrants’ earnings buy? In Odisha, migrant workers are bringing in as much or more financial resources as the government spends...

The death of a Bhojpuri singer this summer is a blow to the already dying folk tradition that reflects the historical reality of millions...

To protect street vendors/urban workers from the impact of rising heat, Indian cities need inclusive policies.

The theme of large-scale human exodus is one of the most prevalent and persuasive in world cinema, ubiquitous in international festivals.

A first-hand account of life in a New Delhi shelter home during a heatwave

The focus migrant workers received during the COVID lockdowns has  largely disappeared and political manifestos are pitifully thin on worker

Across many Chennai homes, men from north India are cooking up a storm, having perfected the cuisine from Tamil Nadu, learning, along the wa

For decades, Hindi cinema has captured how seductive cities lure villagers and how harsh reality eventually leads to heartbreak Radha...