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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
4 days ago7 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


The avoidable tragedy of Maharashtra’s Katkari tribe
A lack of awareness and institutional support has precluded the tribal Katkari community from the benefits of the progressive Forest...

Kunal Nakshane
Feb 277 min read


Gaslighting: Is India’s LPG program a model for developing countries?
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Access to LPG in India has expanded to almost a 100 million families living below the poverty line on the back...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Feb 217 min read


Making a case for climate action
In its latest economic survey, India spotlights expenditure on climate adaptation and why rich countries must pay up, but in its budget...

Rishabh Shrivastava
Feb 76 min read


Fixing India’s heat-stressed agriculture
Agriculture is India’s biggest employer but the sector has for years been wilting under the weight of rising heat and droughts. What is...

Maitreyee Boruah
Feb 76 min read

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