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Subha J Rao
Sep 4, 20241 min read
'We steered clear of migrant stereotypes'
Filmmaker Prateek Prajosh talks about his recent Kannada film 'Chilli Chicken' that is winning praise for its sensitive portrayal of...
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Sep 4, 20246 min read
Dream or curse: Can the Olympics be good for local communities?
The games boost local business, create much-needed employment in host cities, but have also been criticised for adding to emissions and...
Arshdeep Arshi
Sep 4, 20247 min read
'Who will till your land?'
Hostility towards migrant farm workers in Punjab villages raises livelihood and dignity concerns Arshdeep Arshi Migrant workers Sikandar...
Compiled by Mansi Bhaktwani
Sep 4, 20244 min read
The Migration Bulletin
This fortnightly round-up will capture issues related to migration that have been reported on various media platforms. In its first...
Sanskriti Talwar
Sep 4, 202411 min read
“The machines have taken over our work”
The livelihoods of an estimated 15 lakh farm workers in Punjab – not counting the thousands of migrant labourers in the state - are at...
Varsha Torgalkar
Aug 8, 20246 min read
The invisible victims of Pune’s Porsche crash
Migrant workers in the city’s bars and pubs have become jobless following government action against places serving liquor Varsha...
Suchak Patel
Aug 1, 20248 min read
Solar pumps lift salt farmers out of diesel-fuelled poverty
Agarias, the traditional salt farmers of the Little Rann of Kutch, shift to renewable energy for production, breaking free from decades...
Jigyasa Mishra
Jul 25, 20246 min read
For The Love of God
Many small traders who migrated to Ayodhya decades ago are returning to their villages having lost their shops to the town’s recent...
Rishabh Shrivastava
Jul 17, 20243 min read
The 'climate cocktail' impacting worker health
More than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, says report Rishabh...
Aishwarya Mohanty
Jul 11, 20246 min read
Heirloom seeds take root, arrest migration from Madhya Pradesh village
As a shift to heirloom seeds and indigenous crops improves agricultural yields in Jhabua district, farmers are becoming less dependent on...
Divya S
Jul 8, 20241 min read
The cost of going green
The contribution of brick kilns to Delhi’s overall emissions was around 6 to 7%, according to a 2018 report by research organisation...
Esha Roy
Jul 3, 20248 min read
As brick kilns close for cleaner air, a race for jobs
With no safety nets as brick kilns shut shop around New Delhi to meet emission norms, workers return to villages, lean on traditional...
Amruta S.N. and Selomi Garnaik
Jun 28, 20246 min read
No shade, no water: The fatal flaws in India’s heat management
To protect street vendors/urban workers from the impact of rising heat, Indian cities need inclusive policies.
Anumeha Yadav
Jun 21, 20247 min read
In a Delhi heat ward, a lonely battle for life
Unconscious, frothing in the mouth, holding ice packs: Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of India's worst heatwave
Namrata Joshi
Jun 20, 20244 min read
The persuasive cinema of exodus
The theme of large-scale human exodus is one of the most prevalent and persuasive in world cinema, ubiquitous in international festivals.
Anumeha Yadav
Jun 14, 20249 min read
Women kiln workers risk health, pregnancies in race to reduce debt
Migrant women workers fall through maternity care cracks
pearlygracia gracia
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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...
Tanmoy Bhaduri
Jun 7, 20245 min read
Braving the heat to bake bricks
Soaring temperatures take toll on firemen migrating to brick kilns
Manohar Lal Navneet
Jun 7, 20244 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
Hoboskatov Tv
May 30, 20243 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
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