Workers ensure a flow of funds home to Kalahandi from Kerala, transforming lives of their families, with many aiming to save enough to build local businesses Purusottam Thakur With few jobs available in Kalahandi's remote and underdeveloped Thuamul-Rampur block, young men move to Kerala in search of a steady income, July 20, 2025. Prajjwal Thakur/The Migration Story KALAHANDI, Odisha:  Lachchman Majhi remembers watching traditional folk theatre in Gopalpur village from a vant

Labourers who travel cross-country with a promise to return often don’t make the final journey back, their bereaved families left to...