migration

Society

Re-engaging the Bidesia: Girmitiya Diasporas from Fiji to Guyana for the Pandemic Generation

by Manishankar Prasad9 August 202027 August 2020 5 min read

Labourers were taken from current day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as indentured labour to work in abysmal conditions on sugar plantations to serve the colonial economic grid.

IndiaPolitics

On Covid-19’s Checkerboard – the Migrant Exodus, Kaumi Ek Zahdi, and Indian Politics

by Anonymous23 May 202012 June 2020 5 min read

The exodus of migrant labour is perhaps the greatest human tragedy of our times, played on the checkerboard of Covid-19.

Society

Bringing Ahead the Future of Work (And Education): How Can We Make it Work For Us in India

by Manishankar Prasad3 May 202012 June 2020 5 min read

We would need to re-imagine social protection for the ultra-vulnerable such as interstate migrant workers as we ponder the possibilities of an inclusive Future of Work.

IndiaPolitics

Learning from the Exodus of ‘Invisible Hands’ which Run Indian Cities

by Vaibhavi Pingale22 April 202012 June 2020 4 min read

The current lockdown has drawn the attention of the nation to the large number of migrant labourers working across various states of India and their plight.

LifestyleTravel

Searching for the Buffaloes of the Hiranyakeshi – Part IV

by Gauri Noolkar-Oak4 December 201919 June 2020 4 min read

The culture shock which I faced in Nool now gave way to a certain sense of fondness; I knew I was coming back again, and hopefully, with something for the school and the village people.

EnvironmentScience

No Place to Call Home – India’s Forced Climate Migrants

by Niharika Sharma3 October 20199 June 2020 4 min read

Vulnerabilities are not limited to immediate physical threats which impact an individual. The ones that manifest due to unsuccessful recovery from climatic crises are also
economic, social and political in nature.

IndiaPolitics

National Register of Citizens – A Concoction of Identity Crisis, Chaos & Hope?

by Kunal Tilak1 September 201921 July 2020 4 min read

The NRC process has been long drawn, error-strewn and controversial.

मराठी

NRC अंतिम यादी :घुसखोरांना कठोर संदेश

by डॉ शैलेंद्र देवळाणकर31 August 201912 August 2020 < 1 min read

आज 31 ऑगस्ट 2019 ला नॅशनल रजिस्टर ऑफ सिटीझन्सची (NRC) अंतिम यादी प्रकाशित केली गेली.

PoliticsSouth Asia

The Role of Empathy in Healing Communities : Formulating India’s Approach Towards the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

by Niharika Sharma18 August 201912 August 2020 4 min read

Repatriating the Rohingyas to Myanmar while there is an ongoing genocide is inhumane and malicious.