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

Dec 30, 2024

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‘High targets, poor wages, compromised safety’

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Reportage

31 January 2025

Meandering in deep waters, their boats half empty

Marine fishing becomes a longer and more excruciating exercise for the fishermen off the Mumbai coast as a good catch becomes elusive owing to climatic changes and coastal degradation

Hepzi Anthony

Video Credit: Prashant Nakwe

Reportage

31 January 2025

Fear of side effects, loss of wages fuel ‘zero-dose’ babies in Bengaluru’s migrant colony

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

Podcast

31 January 2025

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 to migrate because of long bans on fishing, want to be included in protecting the species.

Rakhi Ghosh

Deekshith Pai

Podcast

27 January 2025

'Migrants comprise more than 70% of Mumbai's fish sector workforce'

One of Mumbai's oldest inhabitants, the Koli community, no longer wants their children to inherit the fishing trade, creating a vacuum for migrants to enter.

Hepzi Anthony

Pic credit: Aishwarya Mohanty

Reportage

23 January 2025

Migration to equality: How Kerala has emerged as the great caste leveller

Higher wages and a more equitable work experience is drawing some of the most marginalised communities from Odisha’s Ganjam to Kerala

Aishwarya Mohanty

Love and longing at metro rail construction sites

In migration-prone Uttarakhand, a fresh crop of women leaders

Esha Roy

In migration-prone Uttarakhand, a fresh crop of women leaders

‘Climate justice lens is key to planning cities better’

Mansi Bhaktwani

‘Climate justice lens is key to planning cities better’

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Reportage

27 January 2025

Are Migrants Returning Home Due To Improved Economic Opportunity?

The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media platforms. In its fifth edition, we look at the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister’s report noting the slowdown in domestic migration and the gender pay gap in Southern India.

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Podcast

31 January 2025

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 Jharkhand and Rajasthan.

Salim Attar

Mritunjay Kumar

Rejimon Kuttappan

On the slave labour trail

Vidya Mani

Longing, belonging

Liby Johnson

Unpacking the migrant economy

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Reportage

11 November 2024

Exploited and abused: The alarming vulnerability of Gujarat’s migrant female workers

Tribal women working under the exploitative ‘bhagiya’ system in Gujarat are very often sexually exploited by powerful landowners and silenced by threats and gangs that force out-of-system settlements

Rohit Chauhan

Drill, baby, drill: What Trump could mean for the global climate agenda

Amoolya Rajappa

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

Hepzi Anthony

‘High targets, poor wages, compromised safety’

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As brick kilns close for cleaner air, a race for jobs

Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Braving the heat to bake bricks

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Mansi Bhaktwani

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Photo Essay

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...

As brick kilns close for cleaner air, a race for jobs

Anumeha Yadav

Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt

Tanmoy Bhaduri

Braving the heat to bake bricks

Barkha's Boutique: The story of a migrant domestic help who now runs a fashion store

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Podcast

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'Climate action must be mindful of zero poverty and zero hunger goals'

Climate scientist Anjan Ray unpacks India’s clean energy goals, the impact of green energy projects on local communities and what the future holds for the country's most vulnerable.

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10 October 2024

Playing god

In the migrant neighbourhoods of New Delhi, workers don the role of characters from the Ramayana, enthralling audiences with their performances at the annual Ramleela. Workers and their families come together for a cultural experience resonant of life back home

Swara Garge

Prakhar Dobhal

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Photo Essay

07 October 2024

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 year: Durga Puja. Away from their families, they are integral to the festivities - from pandal decoration to making idols and transporting them

Tanmoy Bhaduri

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Video

08 January 2025

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 multiple challenges to earn their living

Namrata Raju

Pic credit: Rakhi Ghosh

Pic Credit: Rakshi Ghosh

Reportage

23 January 2025

The sea out of bounds, Odisha fisherfolk swim in unfamiliar waters

A long fishing ban to protect the vulnerable olive ridley sea turtles coupled with growing climate risks has thrown up a conservation versus livelihood question for Odisha’s fishing community that is now forced to migrate for a living