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Overworked, undernourished
Migrant workers are entitled to public health care services even when they are working away from home. But lack of identity cards and the...
pearlygracia gracia
Jun 14, 20241 min read


Braving the heat to bake bricks
Soaring temperatures take toll on firemen migrating to brick kilns

Tanmoy Bhaduri
Jun 7, 20245 min read


'We work in burning kilns, but this is hotter'
A first-hand account of life in a New Delhi shelter home during a
heatwave

Manohar Lal Navneet
Jun 7, 20244 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


Barkha's Boutique: The story of a migrant domestic help who now runs a fashion store
Jharkhand's Barkha Kumari migrated to Punjab like many do from her Adivasi community, to earn a living.

PDAG
May 30, 20241 min read


The Case of Climate Refugees
Rising temperatures, sinking coastlines and increasing extreme weather events are major environmental factors that will force people to move

Rishabh Shrivastava
May 24, 20244 min read


Heat wilts wages, health of India workers
Toiling in soaring temperatures in Bengaluru and across Indian cities, informal workers are losing wages as heat stress takes its toll...
Preksha Sharma, Janet Orlene, Ahmed Sikander
May 17, 20248 min read


Breaking The Migrant Stereotype, One Story At a Time
Ekata Bakshi, Anwesha Konar and Pranab Karmakar Illustration: Bhargabi Ghosh and Harshika Tripathi The 'Montages of Migration' series, by...
Bhargabi Ghosh and Harshika Tripathi
May 15, 20241 min read


‘Dignity First’ Is The Resolve Of A Migrant Worker Turned Boss
Arunopol Seal, Vikesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar and Anwesha Konar Video credit: Harshika Tripathi Rajesh Ravidas migrated from Jharkhand to...
Harshika Tripathi
May 15, 20241 min read


Free and Fair
Odisha’s migrant households are seeing a gender-based split in voting preferences, with women rooting for a regional party while men pin the

Aishwarya Mohanty
May 10, 20247 min read


The Drought That Spawned an Ice Cream Industry
An auto remodelling hub has sprouted in Rajasthan’s arid Gangapur, where mini trucks are converted into ice cream vends-on-wheels, used by m

Roli Srivastava
May 3, 20247 min read


The Migration Route to Empowerment
Tune in to the story of Hemant Kalindi who managed to scale social, caste and financial barriers In the third episode of the Montages...
Hoboskatov Tv
Apr 25, 20241 min read


The Missing Millions in Manifestos
The focus migrant workers received during the COVID lockdowns has largely disappeared and political manifestos are pitifully thin on worker

Rajiv Khandelwal
Apr 19, 20246 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


Biofuel breakdown 2: A story of protest
Bhasker Tripathi, journalist, talks about his reporting on farmers in a Indian village protesting against a biofuel plant
ft. Bhasker Tripathi
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Net-Zero Targets and The Case of Construction Workers
India’s construction industry employs nearly 60 million people but many lack skills to keep pace as the sector turns green Rishabh...

Rishabh Shrivastava
Apr 12, 20244 min read


Star-Crossed in Silicon City
Migrant workers who fled droughts and floods in their villages, bear an unequal burden in Bengaluru's intense water crisis
Amoolya Rajappa
Apr 5, 20247 min read


The Water Warriors of Surajpura
A small village in Rajasthan built a wall to arrest rainwater runoffs, tapping into MGNREGA and showing that this social welfare scheme...
Hoboskatov Tv
Mar 29, 20241 min read


The Great Wall of Surajpura
Water warriors of a Rajasthan village use the rural employment scheme unerringly to turn the climate tide.

Roli Srivastava
Mar 29, 20248 min read


Welfare on Wheels: The Migrants' Doctor
The Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development in Kerala runs Bandhu Clinics for migrant workers.
Hoboskatov Tv
Mar 22, 20241 min read

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