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Migrants return home as Diamond City loses lustre
Thousands of diamond workers have left Surat as the processing hub grapples with sanctions on Russia, falling exports, and U.S. tariffs....
Bansari Kamdar
Sep 26, 20254 min read


The Quiet Exit of Rain-fed Farming
Rain-fed farming has traditionally escaped policy and funding attention, though it engages more than 60% of India’s farmers. In...

Bhargavi S Rao
Sep 22, 20259 min read


Rains, recession, automation lead to job drought at Ahmedabad’s labour nakas
Even as thousands of informal-sector workers struggle amid the construction slowdown in Gujarat, the government spent less than 20% of...
Bansari Kamdar
Sep 19, 20257 min read


AI’s hidden thirst: the water and power cost of data centres
Data centres worldwide consume vast amounts of electricity and water, potentially straining resources. With AI’s growth, the footprint is...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Sep 15, 20255 min read


Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects
Many young migrant workers are signing up to construct renewable energy parks in India, but wage delays and lack of amenities is forcing...
Anuradha Nagaraj
Sep 9, 202511 min read


Not so sweet: From "remedy" for workers to labour exploitation in the sugar sector
Archana Kotecha, founder and CEO of The Remedy Project discusses the ways in which global supply chains are linked with abusive working...

Namrata Raju
Sep 5, 20251 min read


Meet Rajasthan’s Migrant Families Who Shape Ganpati idols
Idol makers from the Mogiya community from Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan migrate to Pune every year to sculpt idols for Ganesh Chaturthi....
Stephin Thomas
Sep 5, 20251 min read

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