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EVs: From the Green to the Unseen
Moving towards EVs is necessary, but what happens to those employed in traditional automotive sector? Will jobs be created or lost?...

Namrata Raju
4 days ago1 min read


Migrants have much higher chances of getting undercounted in Census
T he Indian government has this month officially notified the 2027 census, ending years of delay. But low income migrant workers have...

Anuja
7 days ago1 min read


How Reverse Migration Revived a Pottery Village in India
In Kanthaliya, a small pottery village in Murshidabad, West Bengal, reverse migration is reviving a centuries-old craft, creating jobs,...
Subhrajit Sen
7 days ago1 min read


The big India melt: from heat stress to the politics of shade
As heatwaves sweep across large swathes of India, Aditya Valiathan Pillai, a doctoral researcher at King’s College London discusses Heat...
Namrata Raju
Jun 161 min read


“There’s poison in the air, poison in the sun. But we have to work.”
In North Delhi, at the foot of the Bhalswa landfill, women waste pickers battle deadly heatwaves, toxic fumes, and crumbling health every...

Naila Khan and Uzair Usmani
Jun 111 min read


When illness meets India's rising heat
No doctors back home. No money for private care. For India’s poor, AIIMS Delhi is the last hope.But as they wait on pavements for cancer,...
Omair Farooq and Alishan Jafri
May 291 min read


The extraordinary ordinary woman
Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit's debut book 'The Many Lives of Syeda X' follows the eponymous protagonist, one among the countless...
Namrata Raju
May 271 min read


With Men Gone, Odisha’s Women Take the Stage to Save A Dying Tradition
Cultural troupes in Odisha villages that had gone silent after men migrated for work have now been revived by women Roli Srivastava ...

Roli Srivastava
May 231 min read


Heatwaves are breaking Delhi’s migrant workers — And their incomes
As Delhi sizzles past 45°C, thousands of migrant workers face the city’s brutal heat without rest, shade, or protection. Prakhar Dobhal...
Prakhar Dobhal and Swara Garge
May 211 min read


Shadows of the Sun
How equipped are rural communities to understand if the deals being offered to them by clean energy project developers are good or...

Roli Srivastava
Apr 301 min read


Lockdown Push To Migrant Tech Apps
The job crisis during the pandemic five years ago led to the creation of mobile apps connecting workers to jobs Mansi Bhaktwani...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Apr 171 min read


From Dosas to Samosas: Food delivery apps and small businesses
Has the platform economy caused more harm than good to small businesses in the food and beverage industry? Namrata Raju
Namrata Raju
Apr 91 min read


Beneath the panel
A massive solar park in Tamil Nadu has fuelled migration and those left behind count losses after giving up their land for the project...

Aparna Ganesan
Apr 11 min read


Counting the invisible millions
A unique initiative to register migrant workers and connect them with social security schemes was launched in Jharkhand in 2020. Five...

Rahul Singh and Deekshith R Pai
Apr 11 min read


'Underlying causes of migrant exodus remain unchanged'
Five years after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of Covid-19, which led to one of the largest exodus by migrant...

Anuja
Mar 241 min read


How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor
Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led to the creation of jobs for...

Roli Srivastava and Varsha Torgalkar
Mar 211 min read


Migrant workers & the data gap: the climate question
In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate...

Nidhi Jamwal, Naveen Kumar Manoharan
Mar 41 min read


Migrant workers and the data gap
M igrant workers contribute to nearly 10% of India’s GDP, but there is no real estimate on their exact numbers. Why is counting migrants...

Nidhi Jamwal, Naveen Kumar Manoharan
Feb 281 min read


A sea of migrants on Mumbai's docks
Mumbai's fishing sector workers are former daily wage labourers, farmers and also tailors from across the country, who are drawn to this...

Hepzi Anthony
Feb 171 min read


Working hours and the working class
Various industrialists have suggested that Indians should work longer hours for success. But how hard do Indians actually work? Namrata Raju
Namrata Raju
Feb 101 min read

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