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In furnace-like factories, the struggle for water and wage
Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of...

Laasya Shekhar
Jun 311 min read


Roadside mechanics seek skills to shift gears to EV
As India incentivises electric vehicles to cut emissions, auto repair workers face uncertainty, with many at risk of being left behind in...

Mansi Bhaktwani
May 297 min read


In a 10x12 Mumbai tenement, the cost of staying cool
Mumbaikars living in the city's sprawling slums are spending more and more on air conditioners, coolers and exhaust fans, even they if...

Hepzi Anthony
May 299 min read


‘Now my family is complete’: a dairy in arid Marathwada brings migrants home
Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region have been wrecked by the agrarian crisis, but collective dairy farming provides a viable...

Shekhar Paigude & Angad Taur
May 278 min read


From Palghar to a Pakistan prison: how warming waters are trapping fishermen
Fish hauls are in free fall as oceans warm, forcing fishermen, many of them migrant workers, to go deeper into the sea, often violating...

Abhijeet Gurjar & Faisal Rehman
May 268 min read


Kerala Clinic For Migrant Workers Featured In WHO List
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In this month's bulletin, we...

Mansi Bhaktwani
May 236 min read


Putting out forest fires with music, drums and a dash of devotion
The dying art form of sankirtan mandalis , recently revived by the women of Odisha’s villages, is being enlisted by forest officials to...

Roli Srivastava and Rakhi Ghosh
May 238 min read


Sweating in silence: The invisible burden of heat at home
In Bengaluru’s low-income settlements, homes built with heat-trapping material, poor ventilation, irregular electricity and water supply,...

Amoolya Rajappa
May 1611 min read


‘It is like living in a nightmare that never ends’: Lost near the LoC
The recent conflict between India and Pakistan has left migrants in Kashmir’s border areas jobless, stranded and afraid for their future...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
May 158 min read


“Municipalities are not city planners anymore, but vehicles of economic drain.”
From pourakarmikas to poets, protests to public policy, Srikar Raghavan’s Rama Bhima Soma is a layered portrait of the ever evolving...

Amoolya Rajappa
May 139 min read


Chandigarh’s unplanned shadow
Once an agrarian settlement, Jagatpura, on the outskirts of Chandigarh and Mohali, has transformed into a dense hub of informal rental...

Anuj Behal
May 59 min read


Watershed move: When a village shares a vital resource
A unique water conservation project based on sharing resources in a drought-prone region of eastern India has revived farms and wells,...

Roli Srivastava
Apr 2512 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


Migrants serve up Eid sweets in Kashmir
Seasonal workers who seek jobs at bakeries in the region, especially during Ramzan and Eid, are now staying back in the Valley for longer...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
Mar 287 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


Bihar govt launches app to register migrant workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In the seventh edition, we...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Mar 265 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


A grieving father's resolve to protect Gulf job aspirants
The recent execution of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian migrant worker in the UAE, has exposed the lack of legal aid and consular support in...

Zoya Hussain
Mar 218 min read


Pollution curbs hit work prospects of daily wagers in Delhi-NCR
Restrictions to control air pollution turn winter into a season of discontent for migrant workers in the construction sector Manthati Sai...

Manthati Sai Kiran
Mar 107 min read

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