Working up to 12 hours a day for meagre wages, labourers from Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh operate looms in Bengaluru. But behind every metre of fabric lies a story of exploitation — unsafe working conditions, long shifts, and lives spent in debt and silence. Miriam Rachel Mathew Karuna Sarasuwathi Kumarappan Grishma Mate Lavanya M Nandi Mugdha Mathur Deekshith R Pai

Shubham Sabar was working at  a construction site in Bengaluru when he learned he had cracked NEET exam. As he prepares to join the medical college in Odisha, the 19-year-old's family celebrates, but also worries about the years ahead without his income Rakhi Ghosh

Over 200 factories in Khayala in West Delhi have shut and about 15,000 migrant workers have lost work following allegations of them being illegal Bangaldeshi migrants and Rohingyas. Omair Farooq Vipul Kumar

Idol makers from the Mogiya community from Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan migrate to Pune every year to sculpt idols for Ganesh Chaturthi....

In Gurugram, hundreds of Bengali-speaking workers, many of them Indian citizens, now live in fear after a police crackdown on “illegal...

Waste pickers, the backbone of global recycling, are demanding recognition, income security, and a just transition as the world moves...

Over 1,700 ghost villages now lie empty across the Himalayan state, homes locked, fields barren, and communities lost. Aishwarya Mohanty

Ca n we superimpose solutions from Western countries as we seek out these “Just Transitions” in the coal industry Namrata Raju

Irregular rains across North Karnataka coupled with devastating flash floods along the length of Malaprabha river is adversely affecting...

Manual scavenging is banned in India. But many still enter toxic drains to keep the city from flooding. Naila Khan   Uzair Usmani

Khanavalis, humble, family-run eateries serve authentic North Karnataka cuisine in Bengaluru, a metro city built by migrants Amoolya...

Delhi's migrants are losing their homes to civic projects planned in areas where informal settlements are located Debayan Dutta Ribhu...

44°C. 21 deliveries. As little as ₹20 per order. This is what it takes to deliver a lunch amidst a searing heatwave in Delhi. Prakhar...

Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting fast, triggering deadly floods and displacing communities Nidhi Jamwal

Moving towards EVs is necessary, but what happens to those employed in traditional automotive sector? Will jobs be created or lost?...

In Kanthaliya, a small pottery village in Murshidabad, West Bengal, reverse migration is reviving a centuries-old craft, creating jobs,...

In North Delhi, at the foot of the Bhalswa landfill, women waste pickers battle deadly heatwaves, toxic fumes, and crumbling health every...

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,...

Cultural troupes in Odisha villages that had gone silent after men migrated for work have now been revived by women Roli Srivastava ...

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