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Reportage

05 May 2025

Chandigarh’s Unplanned Shadow

Once an agrarian settlement, Jagatpura, on the outskirts of Chandigarh and Mohali, has transformed into a dense hub of informal rental housing for thousands of migrant workers who navigate precarious living conditions, high rents and exclusion from the city they help build.

Anuj Behal

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Reportage

25 April 2025

Watershed move: When a village shares a vital resource

A unique water conservation project based on sharing resources in a drought-prone region of eastern India has revived farms and wells, easing women’s workload and empowering them

Roli Srivastava

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Video

30 April 2025

Unpacking Just Transitions

In our brand new mini-series on Just Transitions, we start by understanding what we mean by just transition

Namrata Raju

Reportage

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Podcast

30 April 2025

Shadows of the Sun

How equipped are rural communities to understand if the deals being offered to them by clean energy project developers are good or exploitative?

Roli Srivastava

Akshay Ramuhalli

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Analysis

23 April 2025

India’s Urban Heat Plans Are Growing—But So Is Concrete

From green shades to cold wards, municipalities are experimenting with measures to cope with rising heat. But the long-term solution lies in more climate-sensitive urban development.

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Analysis

23 April 2025

Heat Bulletin

India pulls up its sleeves to tackle rising heat, but is it enough?

It’s April and heatwaves are already sweeping parts of India. What steps are the central and state governments taking to protect citizens from the intense heat, and are they enough?

Mansi Bhaktwani

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Analysis

16 April 2025

From crisis to coordination: lessons from Jharkhand’s journey

One of India’s poorest states showed enterprise and initiative to bring back its workers home amid a raging pandemic

Bhargabi Ghosh

Video

17 April 2025

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 R Pai

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Analysis

11 April 2025

Urban Eats: How community kitchens serve workers on the move

For cycle rickshaw pullers and other 'footloose workers', subsidised meals provided at state run canteens are often the only wholesome meals they can afford

Anjor Bhaskar

Podcast

09 April 2025

From Dosas to Samosas: Food delivery apps and small businesses

Has the platform economy caused more harm than good to small businesses in the food and beverage industry?

Namrata Raju

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Analysis

09 April 2025

How Covid-19 changed India’s labour migration landscape

Preference for cities not too far from home, growing importance of children’s education and dipping bargaining power for wages, the pandemic had a lasting impact on migration decisions and patterns

Anuja

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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

Analysis
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Video

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

Podcast

06 September 2024

'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.