Many of the labourers who build the mountainous roads in Ladakh are migrants from Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand – they brave the extreme weather and risky work because of few livelihood options back home
Around 8 lakh workers from Odisha, after strenuous shifts in Surat’s powerlooms, stay in rotation in crowded rooms, amid power cuts, scarce water, filth and noise. Illnesses are common, as are stress and alcoholism
Many women domestic workers travel every day from faraway stations on the fringes of the Sundarbans to south Kolkata. The crush of the long train journey adds to the demands of their ceaseless workdays
The flag-sellers on the streets of Vadodara are mostly hungry, despairing migrants from the Sawai Madhopur and Tonk areas of Rajasthan, for whom Independence Day is a time to try and earn something
Kamla and other Paharias of Balangir, Odisha, struggle to be recognised as Adivasis and access their rights
With no land and few work options, the Katkari Adivasis of Raigad district in Maharashtra migrate to charcoal kilns for 7-8 months every year. There, they work long and hard hours for low wages that are often not paid
Tens of thousands of agricultural labourers migrate every October from Beed district to work in the sugarcane fields of western Maharashtra and Karnataka. Where does their journey start? What does it entail?
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