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Cloudbursts, Crowds and Chaos
The recent flash floods in Uttarkashi aren’t surprising for campaigners speaking up against rising pilgrim numbers, unchecked...
deepti750
Aug 137 min read


How heat divides by class
Dizzy spells, irregular periods and no access to medical aid. Delhi's scorching heat before the rains hit the capital impacted its...

Tulika Bansal
Aug 1110 min read


Recipe for disaster: Fast-Tracked Clearances, Paper Certifications, No Oversight
The carnage seen at Sigachi factory blast in Telangana is not the first where workers and their families have borne the brunt and will...

Rosey Mukherjee
Aug 68 min read


The Making of a Migrant City
From tents in the rain to teeming barracks and now cramped vertical slums, Ulhasnagar has seen generations of migrants, first from Sindh,...
Dr Agrima Thakur
Jul 319 min read


Big budgets and plans but Mumbai’s climate preparedness misses the margins
Mumbai’s early monsoon and rising heatwaves expose deep gaps in climate preparedness. Despite big plans and budgets under MCAP,...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Jun 307 min read


Hot February, cool May: what the first half of 2025 says about India’s shifting weather
It’s not just rising temperatures—moisture, unpredictability, and urbanisation are reshaping how India experiences heat. Vaishnavi...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Jun 255 min read


‘You are not my employee’
The trajectory of labour employment in the manufacturing sector—from formal to unorganized—has deepened worker insecurities and raises...

Rosey Mukherjee
Jun 237 min read


The everyday servitude of domestic workers
Domestic workers, largely women, go from their family to another family system to slave. There is an urgent need to regulate their wages,...

Geeta Menon and Ravi S.K.
Jun 166 min read


A Death in the Kiln
On the dusty outskirts of Mahemdavad, Gujarat, a three-year-old's death in a brick kiln peeled back the multiple layers of bonded labour,...

Rohit Chauhan
Jun 58 min read


Of Open Borders and Cross-Border Kinship: Indian migrants in Nepal
The South Asian region has a history of colonial violence, resulting in a brutal legacy which has also impacted its borders. In this...
Chitra Rawat
May 2611 min read


Irregular Migration to the United States: From Aberrations to Deportations
In 2023, an estimated 97,000 Indians arrived illegally in the U.S., taking complicated routes, traversing multiple countries or even...
Sona Singh, Pari Saikia
May 1913 min read


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...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Apr 237 min read


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...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Apr 236 min read


From Crisis to Coordination: Lessons from Jharkhand’s Journey
One of India’s poorest state showed enterprise and initiative to bring back its workers home amid a raging pandemic Bhargabi Ghosh When...

Bhargabi Ghosh
Apr 1610 min read


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...

Anjor Bhaskar
Apr 1110 min read


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...

Anuja
Apr 98 min read


App-alling: Commodifying domestic work through the gig economy
New services from apps such as “Insta-Maid” threaten to further marginalise the very workers who keep most of India’s households running....

Rosey Mukherjee
Apr 710 min read


Mobilizing ‘footloose’ labourers to secure their rights
Migrant workers continue to be prone to exploitation and discrimination, but unionizing a transient workforce pose unique challenges...

Vidhya CK
Mar 286 min read


Anatomy of a disaster: What the 2023 Sikkim glacial flood tells us about climate risk in the Himalayas
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Plans to rebuild the Teesta III dam destroyed by a glacial lake flood are being opposed by environmentalists and...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Mar 247 min read


Mind your language: making a case for undocumented migrants
The terminology used to describe the recent repatriation of undocumented Indian migrants from the U.S. gives an insight into how the...
Namrata Raju
Mar 139 min read

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