Subha J Rao
The migrant as motivation
Tamil and Kannada cinema have in recent years captured the journeys, challenges and joys of migration. What has led filmmakers to this...
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Saurav Kumar
Nov 297 min read
Clinging to a burning coalfield
“People have slipped into a fissure of fire and never returned”: Why Jharia’s residents choose to live on a burning land than relocate...
Mansi Bhaktwani, Prashant Nakwe
Nov 196 min read
Our daily bread: Rising pollution casts a shadow on Mumbai’s bakers
To switch from wood or wood scrap to alternate fuels to fire their ovens would increase production costs and impact the business of...
Roli Srivastava
Nov 1513 min read
Millionaire village: How forest ownership rights reshaped the fortunes of a tribal village
Pachgaon village in Maharashtra has tapped its forest to start a bamboo business, create jobs and arrest migration. The village pays...
Rohit Chauhan
Nov 117 min read
Silent no more: women farm workers speak up for justice
Tribal women working under the exploitative ‘bhagiya’ system in Gujarat are very often sexually exploited by powerful landowners and...
Menaka Rao
Nov 88 min read
In recovery, away from home
A sanatorium in Goa becomes a refuge for migrant workers recuperating from tuberculosis Menaka Rao Margao TB Hospital in Goa. Menaka...
Anuja
Nov 510 min read
Inside Delhi’s Chhath circuits
Not all migrants travel back home to celebrate the biggest festival of Bihar - Chhath. Countless celebrations dot major cities like Delhi...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Nov 55 min read
Migrant workers targeted in Kashmir
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media...
Ishita Dey and Neetu Singh
Oct 259 min read
Heat and crowded trains: The cost of cool, clean water on a migrant journey
For migrant workers hopping onto long-distance trains, it is the consolation of being home that spurs them to overlook the challenges of...
Nidhi Jamwal
Oct 229 min read
No place to call home
Repeated floods in north Bihar have fuelled migration of men, and displaced their families repeatedly as swelling rivers swallow land...
Esha Roy
Oct 1816 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...
Tanmoy Bhaduri
Oct 75 min read
Work and Worship
Hundreds of people migrate from rural West Bengal to Kolkata to meet the spike in demand for labour during its biggest celebration of the...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Oct 45 min read
Cholera outbreak spotlights poor working conditions in Goa's fish sector
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media...
Aarefa Johari
Oct 413 min read
Dharavi revamp: A way of life and work to change in Mumbai's migrant hub
In the streets and warehouses of Asia’s largest slum, migrant workers who make up for a large part of the slum’s population, reflect on...
Amoolya Rajappa
Sep 307 min read
Expensive data disconnects migrants
Sharp increases in mobile tariffs are straining the budgets of migrant workers in cities like Bengaluru, making it harder for them to...
Roli Srivastava
Sep 2712 min read
'Jungle is our Life': The Story of a Village Collective
India gives tribal villages rights over forest land and its produce but the laws have been poorly implemented. A union of villages in...
Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Sep 171 min read
E-rickshaw - Stopped in their tracks
Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge The Transport Department of the Delhi government is impounding and dismantling unregistered e-rickshaws in the...
Abhijit Mohanty
Sep 1310 min read
In Odisha’s Adivasi areas, farmers fish their way back home
A state-run fish farming scheme in Odisha creates livelihood opportunity in drought-hit villages, brings migrants home Abhijit Mohanty...
The Migration Story
Sep 116 min read
Rising risks and some solutions
The Migration Bulletin is a fortnightly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media...
Sanskriti Talwar
Sep 411 min read
“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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