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Working hours and the working class
Various industrialists have suggested that Indians should work longer hours for success. But how hard do Indians actually work? Namrata Raju

Namrata Raju
Feb 101 min read


Pomegranate blooms in the desert, creates jobs
Pomegranate farming in the past decade in water-starved Barmer has yielded gains for farmers and created a new migration corridor between...

Salim Attar and Mritunjay Kumar
Jan 311 min read


Trapped in the protection net
The Odisha government's sustained efforts to protect the vulnerable olive ridley turtles has yielded results. Now local fishermen, forced...

Rakhi Ghosh and Deekshith Pai
Jan 311 min read


'Migrants comprise more than 70% of Mumbai's fish sector workforce'
One of Mumbai's oldest inhabitants, the Koli community, no longer wants their children to inherit the fishing trade, creating a vacuum...

Hepzi Anthony
Jan 271 min read


The Reporters' Dilemma
How do you tell stories of migrants, show the world their personal journeys and challenges and not come across as intrusive? Reporters...

Anuradha Nagaraj
Jan 201 min read


Sounds and sites of street vending
Street vendors and hawkers that dot city pavements often lend to cities unique identities even as they remain largely informal, facing...

Namrata Raju
Jan 81 min read


Migration as a medium
Tune in to this visual creators' roundtable to understand the process and imagination of storytellers who use their video or photo lens,...

Anuradha Nagaraj
Dec 30, 20241 min read


India's 2024 Climate Story
India has seen a major rise in extreme weather events, recording heat waves, cold waves, cyclones, lightning, heavy rainfall, floods, and...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 27, 20242 min read


'Mumbai is my ticket to freedom'
Vegetable seller Mamta Gupta, who migrated to Mumbai from Varanasi after marriage, shares how she found freedom to live life on her terms...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 18, 20241 min read


Sinking islands, Empty houses
Thousands of people have migrated from Ghoramara in the eco-fragile Sundarbans _ the world’s largest mangrove vegetation _ as the island...

Ritwika Mitra and Deekshith R Pai
Dec 13, 20241 min read


The fear of a green future?
Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 27, 20241 min read


The brick and mortar of construction work
The construction industry is one of India's biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers? Namrata Raju The construction...

Namrata Raju
Nov 27, 20241 min read


'Green Does Not Mean Equal'
Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice. Roli Srivastava...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 22, 20241 min read


The evolution of the migrant voice in Mumbai elections
Once a talking point in Mumbai elections, the anti-migrant poll rhetoric has now tapered down Hepzi Anthony

Hepzi Anthony
Nov 15, 20241 min read


Up in Smoke
Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge Delhi's pollution has cast a shadow on the earnings of migrant workers who travel to the city every year...
Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Nov 14, 20241 min read


The Rush To Go Home
The recent festival rush in trains is reflective of the challenges migrant workers face through the year on these journeys Deekshith Pai...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Nov 7, 20241 min read


The help desks of rural Jharkhand
Nagarik Sahayta Kendras, a collaboration between civil society organisations and the government, were launched to help villagers get jobs...

Esha Roy
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Rural help desks yield bumper crops, increase incomes
Nagarik Sahayta Kendras, a collaboration between civil society organisations and the government, were launched to help villagers get jobs...

Esha Roy
Oct 18, 202416 min read


Old and Alone in Bundelkhand
In the remote villages of Bundelkhand, elderly parents face an uphill struggle after their children migrate in search of work Sneha...

Sneha Richhariya
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Playing god
In the migrant neighbourhoods of New Delhi, workers don the role of characters from the Ramayana, enthralling audiences with their...
Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Oct 10, 20241 min read

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