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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


Pomegranate blooms in the desert, creates jobs
Pomegranate farming in the past decade in water-starved Barmer has yielded gains for farmers and created a new migration corridor between...
Salim Attar and Mritunjay Kumar
Jan 311 min read


'Migrants comprise more than 70% of Mumbai's fish sector workforce'
One of Mumbai's oldest inhabitants, the Koli community, no longer wants their children to inherit the fishing trade, creating a vacuum...

Hepzi Anthony
Jan 271 min read


The Reporters' Dilemma
How do you tell stories of migrants, show the world their personal journeys and challenges and not come across as intrusive? Reporters...
Anuradha Nagaraj
Jan 201 min read


Sounds and sites of street vending
The fourth in our L is for Labour series unpacks the ingredients of street vending work in India, also examining issues like informality...
Namrata Raju
Jan 81 min read


The Millionaire Village: A success story poorly replicated
Poor awareness of the laws and reluctance on the part of the State to give complete control over forests has marred the impact two...

Roli Srivastava
Dec 30, 20241 min read


The fear of a green future?
Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 27, 20241 min read


The brick and mortar of construction work
The construction industry is one of India's biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers? Namrata Raju The construction...
Namrata Raju
Nov 27, 20241 min read


'Green Does Not Mean Equal'
Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice. Roli Srivastava...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 22, 20241 min read


The evolution of the migrant voice in Mumbai elections
Once a talking point in Mumbai elections, the anti-migrant poll rhetoric has now tapered down Hepzi Anthony

Hepzi Anthony
Nov 15, 20241 min read

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