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Artwork titled ‘Home’ by Sudipta Das

The Foot Power of the Footloose

Beyond the ideological blame game, beyond the political bickering, what did migrants walking on highways during lockdown teach us?

12 July 2023

Photograph by Suresh Kumar Pandey

Vulnerability And Lack Of Trust Continue To Affect Migrant Workers, What’s The Way Forward?

With so many new and existing schemes, one would have thought that migrants would be sure they would never face the same predicament as they did in the lockdowns of 2020. However, the events that unfolded in Tamil Nadu...

03 April 2023

Migrant labourers on their journey back home in 2020

Migrant Crisis: Revisiting The Undignified Journey To Home During Lockdown

In a televised address, PM Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting March 24. The worst affected, however, were the marginalized classes --- the urban migrant workers --- whose hand-to-mouth...

23 March 2023

Kashmiri migrant labourers at Jama Masjid

Himachal Pradesh: How Covid-19 Pandemic Broke The Back Of Kashmiri Migrant Workers In Shimla

Once key element of the economic landscape of Shimla, Kashmiri migrant workers today struggle to find work. They are yet to overcome the trauma of the Covid-19 lockdown and the consequent unemployment crisis.

04 April 2023

Artwork: Footprints in the Mud

Migrants Through Time

Outlook's upcoming issue serves as a reminder that three years ago, countless migrant workers walked hundreds of miles across the country as they were abandoned during the lockdown.

31 March 2023

PM Modi.

Global South Summit: PM Modi Announces Project To Provide Essential Medical Supplies To Developing Nations

Modi highlighted the challenges of Covid, rising prices of fuel, fertilisers, food grains and increasing geo-political tensions and said they have adversely impacted the developing countries. 

13 January 2023

 A migrant man and woman, both with children and luggage, walk back from Noida to their native place on foot during lockdown, on May 5, 2020 in Noida, India.

Poem: A bucket Of Hot Water And Salt

Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca writes a poem for Outlook.

04 April 2023

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A representational image of communal harmony

Friendship Day: How Delhi Riots, Covid Lockdown Forged Many Friendships

Sticking together in crisis is a hallmark of true friendship. The 2020 Delhi riots and the Covid lockdown that followed, threw up some memorable examples.

12 August 2022

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30 July 2022
Maharashtra Politics: Uddhav Thackeray Made Serious Efforts To Take Shiv Sena In A New Direction

Maharashtra Politics: Uddhav Thackeray Made Serious Efforts To Take Shiv Sena In A New Direction

But all the good work of Uddhav Thackeray could come to a naught if Eknath Shinde returns Shiv Sena to its Marathi manoos roots.


13 June 2022
Covid In China: Beijing, Shanghai Again See Shutdowns As China Continues With 'Zero Covid' Policy

Covid In China: Beijing, Shanghai Again See Shutdowns As China Continues With 'Zero Covid' Policy

Failure to undergo recommended testing will lead to a yellow code on a person's health status app, forbidding them access to all public places.


09 June 2022
Covid Lockdown Made Early Puberty Cases Rise by 3.6 Times: Pune Study

Covid Lockdown Made Early Puberty Cases Rise by 3.6 Times: Pune Study

Researchers of a Pune-based hospital have discovered cases of an accelerated onset of puberty, especially among girls, during the Covid lockdown.


06 June 2022
UK PM Boris Johnson Faces No-confidence Vote Over Partygate Scandal: All You Need To Know

UK PM Boris Johnson Faces No-confidence Vote Over Partygate Scandal: All You Need To Know

Over 40 Conservative Party MPs have publicly called for Johnson’s resignation as party leader over the scandal of Covid-19 law-breaking parties.


19 April 2022
What's Delhi's Colour-Coded, Graded Response Action Plan For COVID Management?

What's Delhi's Colour-Coded, Graded Response Action Plan For COVID Management?

There are four levels in this plan — yellow, amber, orange, and red. Each level will add to the restrictions of the previous level.


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19 April 2022
Shanghai Reports Seven More Deaths In Omicron Wave, China To Continue With Zero-COVID Policy  

Shanghai Reports Seven More Deaths In Omicron Wave, China To Continue With Zero-COVID Policy  

Shanghai on Monday reported 20,629 new COVID-19 infections. The rest of the Chinese mainland only reported 642 new cases.


25 March 2022
Two Years Of Lockdown: How Much Business Have The Movies Lost And What’s The Way Forward

Two Years Of Lockdown: How Much Business Have The Movies Lost And What’s The Way Forward

Trade Experts and Film Distributors talk about the rampant losses that theatres have faced over the past two years. Is the business in 2022 getting back to...


25 March 2022
Two Years Of Covid Lockdown: The Sorry State Of Bollywood’s Junior Artists Continues

Two Years Of Covid Lockdown: The Sorry State Of Bollywood’s Junior Artists Continues

March 25, 2020, began the very first Covid-19 lockdown. After two years, the condition of the film industry, especially its junior artists hasn’t improved a...


25 March 2022
25th March 2020: A Time To Remember, A Time To Forget

25th March 2020: A Time To Remember, A Time To Forget

Everyone who had a house would be talking about quality family time. We would be gushing about blue skies and birdcall and fresh breeze. Those who didn’t...


25 May 2020
In Pics | Lullaby Road: World Locked Indoors, Homeless Grasp These Safe Havens

In Pics | Lullaby Road: World Locked Indoors, Homeless Grasp These Safe Havens

As the world is locked indoors, homeless sleepers lay proprietorial claim to their cities. (This was first published on 25 May, 2020.)


25 April 2020
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: It's A Birdie! A Young Golfer's Drive To Care For The Underprivileged

COVID-19 Good Samaritans: It's A Birdie! A Young Golfer's Drive To Care For The Underprivileged

Three-time junior golf world champion Arjun Bhati sold off more than 100 medals and trophies to raise lakhs for the Prime Minister's Fund. (This story was...


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25 April 2020
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: How A Brand Specialist 'Sells' Time To Raise Funds For Corona Treatment

COVID-19 Good Samaritans: How A Brand Specialist 'Sells' Time To Raise Funds For Corona Treatment

Himanshu Khanna raised Rs 1.7 lakh in just two days and he has no free slots left. More importantly, he has inspired other brand managers. (This story was...


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