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‘I don’t want to remember those years’
The reappearance of smog and congestion signal thriving business and normal life in Mumbai’s massive slum Dharavi Prashant Nakwe MUMBAI,...

Prashant Nakwe
Apr 165 min read


The Merchants of Kumbh
The recently concluded Kumbh mela drew not just pilgrims but toy sellers, chaat makers and sanitation workers from across Uttar Pradesh...
Anuj Behal
Mar 49 min read


Our daily bread: Rising pollution casts a shadow on Mumbai’s bakers
To switch from wood or wood scrap to alternate fuels to fire their ovens would increase production costs and impact the business of...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Nov 19, 20246 min read


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...

Tanmoy Bhaduri
Oct 7, 20245 min read


Shahida Bibi's Bangles
After her grandsons migrated from their home in West Bengal to work as goldsmiths in Navi Mumbai, a matriarch enjoys simple pleasures bought
Hoboskatov Tv
May 30, 20243 min read


Sunaina Devi’s Farm Revolution
Home alone after sons migrate, farmer taps solar to tackle water scarcity on her farm Pictures & Text: Tanmoy Bhaduri Sunaina Devi, 52,...
Hoboskatov Tv
Apr 12, 20242 min read

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