Sanskriti Talwar
“The machines have taken over our work”
The livelihoods of an estimated 15 lakh farm workers in Punjab – not counting the thousands of migrant labourers in the state - are at...
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Compiled by Mansi Bhaktwani
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
The Migration Bulletin
This fortnightly round-up will capture issues related to migration that have been reported on various media platforms. In its first...
Arshdeep Arshi
- Aug 29
- 7 min
'Who will till your land?'
Hostility towards migrant farm workers in Punjab villages raises livelihood and dignity concerns Arshdeep Arshi Migrant workers Sikandar...
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth
- Aug 23
- 8 min
Migrant workers head to the Valley to beat the heat
Bedmakers, construction workers and street vendors landed in Kashmir in larger numbers this year as relentless heatwaves swept across...
Anuj Behal
- Aug 16
- 7 min
Inside Delhi's Momo Capital
In the heart of Delhi, the welcoming urban village of Chirag Dilli, has given an address to countless migrants from the northeast, who...
Varsha Torgalkar
- Aug 9
- 6 min
The invisible victims of Pune’s Porsche crash
Migrant workers in the city’s bars and pubs have become jobless following government action against places serving liquor Varsha...
Prakhar Dobhal, Swara Garge, Jais Jacob
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Wayanad: Lost in the Landslide
Video producers: Prakhar Dobhal, Swara Garge Footage: Jais Jacob Wayanad has an estimated 100,000 migrant workers, who were amongst the...
Suchak Patel
- Aug 2
- 8 min
Solar pumps lift salt farmers out of diesel-fuelled poverty
Agarias, the traditional salt farmers of the Little Rann of Kutch, shift to renewable energy to produce salt, breaking free from decades...
Jigyasa Mishra
- Jul 26
- 6 min
For the love of God
Many small traders who migrated to Ayodhya decades ago are returning to their villages having lost their shops to the town’s recent...
Aishwarya Mohanty
- Jul 12
- 6 min
Heirloom seeds take root, arrest migration from Madhya Pradesh village
As a shift to heirloom seeds and indigenous crops improves agricultural yields in Jhabua district, farmers are less dependent on migration..
Anumeha Yadav
- Jun 21
- 7 min
In a Delhi heat ward, a lonely battle for life
Unconscious, frothing in the mouth, holding ice packs: Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of India's worst heatwave
Preksha Sharma, Janet Orlene, Ahmed Sikander
- May 17
- 8 min
Heat wilts wages, health of India workers
Toiling in soaring temperatures in Bengaluru and across Indian cities, informal workers are losing wages as heat stress takes its toll...
Aishwarya Mohanty
- May 10
- 7 min
Free and Fair
Odisha’s migrant households are seeing a gender-based split in voting preferences, with women rooting for a regional party while men pin the
Roli Srivastava
- May 3
- 7 min
The Drought That Spawned an Ice Cream Industry
An auto remodelling hub has sprouted in Rajasthan’s arid Gangapur, where mini trucks are converted into ice cream vends-on-wheels, used by m
Amoolya Rajappa
- Apr 5
- 7 min
Star-crossed in Silicon City
Migrant workers who fled droughts and floods in their villages, bear an unequal burden in Bengaluru's intense water crisis
Roli Srivastava
- Mar 29
- 8 min
The Great Wall of Surajpura
Water warriors of a Rajasthan village use the rural employment scheme unerringly to turn the climate tide.
Sagrika Kissu
- Mar 18
- 11 min
A Stitch At a Time
“Hindi migrant workers” have carved a space for themselves in the garment hub of Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, setting up businesses and creating
Aishwarya Mohanty
- Mar 8
- 6 min
In Search of Jobs, and Brides
Repeated cyclones, sea-level rise and increasing soil salinity have disrupted farm yields and hampered the matrimonial prospects of young me
P Anima
- Feb 23
- 7 min
The Learning Curve
Kerala, the state with the best literacy in India, ropes in language volunteers to help children of migrant workers transition to local scho
Nidhi Jamwal
- Feb 9
- 7 min
When Parched Villages Become Water-Sufficient
As water sources dry up, the menfolk of tribal villages in Palghar district’s Mokhada prepare to migrate. But not too far away, other...
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