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No shade, no water: The fatal flaws in India’s heat management
To protect street vendors/urban workers from the impact of rising heat, Indian cities need inclusive policies.

Amruta S.N. and Selomi Garnaik
Jun 28, 20246 min read


In a Delhi heat ward, a lonely battle for life
Unconscious, frothing in the mouth, holding ice packs: Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of India's worst heatwave

Anumeha Yadav
Jun 21, 20247 min read


The persuasive cinema of exodus
The theme of large-scale human exodus is one of the most prevalent and persuasive in world cinema, ubiquitous in international festivals.
Namrata Joshi
Jun 20, 20244 min read


Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt
Migrant women workers fall through maternity care cracks

Anumeha Yadav
Jun 14, 20249 min read


Overworked, undernourished
Migrant workers are entitled to public health care services even when they are working away from home. But lack of identity cards and the...
pearlygracia gracia
Jun 14, 20241 min read


Braving the heat to bake bricks
Soaring temperatures take toll on firemen migrating to brick kilns

Tanmoy Bhaduri
Jun 7, 20245 min read


'We work in burning kilns, but this is hotter'
A first-hand account of life in a New Delhi shelter home during a
heatwave

Manohar Lal Navneet
Jun 7, 20244 min read

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