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‘I don’t want to remember those years’
The reappearance of smog and congestion signal thriving business and normal life in Mumbai’s massive slum Dharavi Prashant Nakwe MUMBAI,...
Prashant Nakwe
Apr 165 min read
Fading stories of struggles on celluloid
Cinema once held a mirror to the woes of India’s working class. But even the scenes of thousands marching home during the pandemic failed...
Swapna Gopinath
Apr 117 min read
’I have stopped migrating since my brother died’
Five years after 16 migrant workers died on a railway track they were sleeping on in Aurangabad district, a brother of a deceased migrant...
Birendra Singh
Apr 96 min read
Digital India’s Unseen Divide
There has been a surge in internet adoption particularly in rural India post pandemic, but most migrant workers are yet to use their...
Almaas Masood
Apr 410 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
Train to home: Indian Railways remains migrants’ lifeline
For Mumbai’s migrant workers, train journeys home are a reminder of past hardships — and the fear of their return Hepzi Anthony Pictures:...
Hepzi Anthony
Mar 279 min read
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