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Dying far from home: Agonising wait for Odisha migrant workers’ families
Labourers who travel cross-country with a promise to return often don’t make the final journey back, their bereaved families left to...

Aishwarya Mohanty
Jul 3115 min read


No voice for migrants in Mumbai’s language debate
India’s financial capital has been a migrant magnet for decades and despite rising political tensions around the language ‘outsiders’...

Hepzi Anthony
Jul 249 min read


Missing the SIR Memo: Many Bihari workers in Delhi unaware of ongoing electoral roll revision
Front-page ads and social media posts on the ongoing SIR hasn’t reached many workers in the national capital, their lack of awareness...

Anuja
Jul 2310 min read


Chennai Corporation launches AC lounges for gig workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles news and developments pertaining to India’s migrant workforce from across...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Jun 235 min read


The vanishing mulberry trees of Kashmir
The gradual disappearance of these trees, a part of the union territory’s heritage, has impacted the sericulture trade and led to...

Khursheed Ahmad Shah
Jun 1810 min read


Pedalling through heatwaves in India’s bicycle capital
Scorching heat in Ludhiana grips migrant workers walking, cycling or taking buses to work – and even an early morning ride is a losing...

Anuj Behal
Jun 1613 min read


In furnace-like factories, the struggle for water and wage
Workers in spinning mills suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections and worse due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of...

Laasya Shekhar
Jun 311 min read


Roadside mechanics seek skills to shift gears to EV
As India incentivises electric vehicles to cut emissions, auto repair workers face uncertainty, with many at risk of being left behind in...

Mansi Bhaktwani
May 297 min read


In a 10x12 Mumbai tenament, the cost of staying cool
Residents of informal settlements are spending more and more on ACs, coolers and exhaust fans, even though they can’t afford to, just so...

Hepzi Anthony
May 299 min read


‘Now my family is complete’: a dairy in arid Marathwada brings migrants home
Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region have been wrecked by the agrarian crisis, but collective dairy farming provides a viable...
Shekhar Paigude and Angad Taur
May 278 min read


From Palghar to a Pakistan prison: how warming waters are trapping fishermen
Fish hauls are in free fall as oceans warm, forcing fishermen, many of them migrant workers, to go deeper into the sea, often violating...
Abhijeet Gurjar & Faisal Rehman
May 268 min read


Putting out forest fires with music, drums and a dash of devotion
The dying art form of sankirtan mandalis , recently revived by the women of Odisha’s villages, is being enlisted by forest officials to...
Roli Srivastava and Rakhi Ghosh
May 238 min read


‘It is like living in a nightmare that never ends’: Lost near the LoC
The recent conflict between India and Pakistan has left migrants in Kashmir’s border areas jobless, stranded and afraid for their future...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
May 158 min read


Migrants serve up Eid sweets in Kashmir
Seasonal workers who seek jobs at bakeries in the region, especially during Ramzan and Eid, are now staying back in the Valley for longer...

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
Mar 287 min read


Bihar govt launches app to register migrant workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In the seventh edition, we...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Mar 265 min read


‘I want to study’: the pandemic shadow on schooling lifts for some children
A bunch of initiatives in Assam try to bring back migrant workers’ children to school, but the impact of the COVID-led break in their...

Maitreyee Boruah
Mar 2610 min read


Arabic lessons, risk awareness: a father’s resolve to protect Gulf migrants
The recent execution of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian migrant worker in the UAE, has exposed the lack of legal aid and consular support in...

Zoya Hussain
Mar 218 min read


Pollution curbs hit work prospects of daily wagers in Delhi-NCR
Restrictions to control air pollution turn winter into a season of discontent for migrant workers in the construction sector Manthati Sai...

Manthati Sai Kiran
Mar 107 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


Amid deportations, an Indian state offers lessons in safe migration
From orientation training for prospective migrants to bilateral agreements, Kerala’s unique department for its non-resident citizens is...

Mahima Jain
Feb 2812 min read

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