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A reminder that three years ago, countless migrant workers walked hundreds of miles across the country as they were abandoned during the lockdown. Faced with starvation, they had chosen to walk home. Thousands of them died. It was apathy and abandonment. We had let them down as a nation and as a people.

Issue Date : 11 April 2023

National

Revisiting Lockdown: Lest We Forget

The 2020 lockdown brought the invisible migrant workers in Indian cities out of their slums and shanties, and under media glare


National

Darbhanga To Delhi: A Train Journey With Migrant Workers

Trains from Bihar are usually full of migrant workers who leave their homes and families behind in search of work. Swati Shikha and photographer Vikram Sharma took one such train journey.

National

Lockdown And Rescue

In 2020, the estimated 10 million migrant workers who took the long journey back home, laid bare some fundamental questions about justice, inclusion and equity


National

Missing Migrants Of Bihar

In the absence of data, it is not known how many migrant workers in Bihar were given jobs to prevent post-lockdown out-migration

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National

Counting Migrant Workers In Jharkhand

Post-lockdown, the Jharkhand government has launched a series of initiatives for migrant labourers. How helpful will they be?


National

How Long Will Migrant Workers Remain Outside Of Policy Discourse?

A sluggish rural-urban transition in a context where 69 per cent of the population lives in rural areas is a serious impediment to India’s desired structural transformation. This requires a radical rethinking of the relationship between the rural and urban and how urbanisation policies can be more just, humane and inclusive towards migrant workers. How we treat migrants is intricately linked with the future of development in India.


National

Migrant Crisis In Kerala

Inter-state workers, who account for a chunk of Kerala’s workforce, were taken care of during the lockdown. What about before and after?


National

Post-lockdown Migrant Movement In Mumbai

Migrant workers returning to Mumbai and neighbouring areas after the pandemic are finding it difficult to find work and accommodation


National

Domestic Workers: How Long Must They Wait?

In a country where households cannot do without domestic workers, there is an appalling lack of data regarding their needs


Books

Migrant Workers Discourse: A Facebook-series Turned E-Book

A valuable archive documents the migrant crisis in India that exacerbated after COVID-19


National

MNREGA Workers Protest At Jantar Mantar

In a 100-day sit-in, a host of problems plague the MNREGA, a programme once hailed as the panacea for rural unemployment


National

Married Migrants And The Women 'Left Behind': India's Unseen Migration Stories

In India, migration studies focus on economic aspects and tend to ignore the lived loneliness, experiential hardships and unacknowledged unpaid labour of women.


National

Plight Of West Bengal Migrants

Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 2020 assurance of local employment opportunities for migrant workers in West Bengal, nothing much has changed


National

A Tale Of Resilience

In the recent past, the flow of migrant workers to Kashmir has taken a hit due to several factors, but it has not stopped them from coming to the Valley in search of work


Art & Entertainment

Anubhav Sinha's 'Bheed' Is A Much-needed Reminder

In an interview to Outlook, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha talks about what pushed him to make the movie starring Rajkumar Rao


National

Pain In Grey: Reminders From The Pandemic

In a world where attention spans are short and news cycles are relentless, here are snapshots from India’s migrant crisis from 2020 that we must never forget


National

Myth-making In Mysuru: The Targeted Vilification of Tipu Sultan

Whenever an election is round the corner in Karnataka, the ghost of Tipu Sultan arises. This time is no different


Art & Entertainment

All In Asylum: Denzil Smith And Neil Bhoopalam Steal The Show

The Mumbai-based production of Tom Stoppard’s 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' is a winner


National

The Story Of Sanjay Sahni: Migrant Worker-turned Independent Candidate

Contesting from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, sanjay Sahni is determined to make MNREGA work for his people.