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When illness meets India's rising heat
No doctors back home. No money for private care. For India’s poor, AIIMS Delhi is the last hope.But as they wait on pavements for cancer,...

Omair Farooq & Alishan Jafri
May 291 min read


With Men Gone, Odisha’s Women Take the Stage to Save A Dying Tradition
Cultural troupes in Odisha villages that had gone silent after men migrated for work have now been revived by women Roli Srivastava ...

Roli Srivastava
May 231 min read


Heatwaves are breaking Delhi’s migrant workers, and their incomes
As Delhi sizzles past 45°C, thousands of migrant workers face the city’s brutal heat without rest, shade, or protection. Prakhar Dobhal...

Prakhar Dobhal and Swara Garge
May 211 min read


Unpacking just transitions
In our brand new mini-series on Just Transitions, we start by understanding what this term means Namrata Raju

Namrata Raju
Apr 301 min read


Lockdown Push To Migrant Tech Apps
The job crisis during the pandemic five years ago led to the creation of mobile apps connecting workers to jobs Mansi Bhaktwani...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Apr 171 min read


Beneath the panel
A massive solar park in Tamil Nadu has fuelled migration and those left behind count losses after giving up their land for the project...

Aparna Ganesan
Apr 11 min read


Counting the invisible millions
A unique initiative to register migrant workers and connect them with social security schemes was launched in Jharkhand in 2020. Five...

Rahul Singh and Deekshith R Pai
Apr 11 min read


How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor
The Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to dig wells to help them tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led...

Roli Srivastava, Varsha Torgalkar
Mar 211 min read


Migrant workers & the data gap: the climate question
In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate...

Nidhi jamwal and Naveen kumar manoharan
Mar 41 min read


Migrant workers and the data gap
M igrant workers contribute to nearly 10% of India’s GDP, but there is no real estimate on their exact numbers. Why is counting migrants...

Nidhi jamwal and Naveen kumar manoharan
Feb 281 min read


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


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


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


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


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

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