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Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa is a Bengaluru-based independent journalist and reports on labour, internal migration, climate change and displacement in India.
Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

26 Dec 2025 • 10 min read

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Under the neon lights, the hidden risks for workers

The Goa nightclub tragedy followed a script that is only too familiar. As the year-end party frenzy sees increased footfalls in nightclubs, pubs and cafes across cities, the occupational risks for the bearers, kitchen staff, cleaners and front-desk personnel who keep them running remain high

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

30 Jul 2025 • 1 min read

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‘This story was a bite away’

The culinary traditions and practices of migrants carry more than just flavour—they hold stories of survival, longing, memory, and identity. On this podcast, reporters reflect on tracing food memories, tasting the dishes they write about.

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

23 Jul 2025 • 1 min read

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Bengaluru’s khanavalis: Where migration, memory and meals come together

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

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

16 May 2025 • 14 min read

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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, have made cooling a serious challenge

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

13 May 2025 • 12 min read

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“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 state of Karnataka

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

07 Mar 2025 • 15 min read

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The cost of a mistaken identity

Key to Bengaluru’s waste management system, many migrant workers from West Bengal live under constant fear of being labelled as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

31 Jan 2025 • 9 min read

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In Bengaluru’s migrant colony, babies have a poor shot at vaccination

Living conditions and the burden of daily wage work prevent young migrant mothers from availing state health services, including vaccination for their children

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

30 Dec 2024 • 9 min read

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‘We couldn’t bear the shame of not repaying our debts, so we left’

Migrant workers across South-Asian countries tap into savings, depend on family or borrow from informal moneylenders to cope with the impacts of extreme weather events

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

30 Sep 2024 • 9 min read

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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 stay connected and entertained

Amoolya Rajappa

Amoolya Rajappa

05 Apr 2024 • 9 min read

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Star-crossed in silicon city

Migrant workers who fled droughts and floods in their villages, bear an unequal burden in Bengaluru's intense water crisis

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