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The South Asian tailors of Timor-Leste weave their own dreams

Communities / The Lede

The South Asian tailors of Timor-Leste weave their own dreams

Vicky: How the COVID pandemic quashed a migrant labourer’s dreams

Vicky: How the COVID pandemic quashed a migrant labourer’s dreams

Health / News “Every day I was in fear”: How the lives of UP’s teachers were risked for an election Akhilesh Pandey

Health / News Spread of COVID-19 in rural Bihar quickened by failure to test returning migrants Umesh Kumar Ray

Labour / News How Nitish Kumar’s plans to create jobs before Bihar polls failed Zumbish

Labour / News If I don’t get work, I’ll survive by begging: Rampukar Pandit, the face of Bihar’s migrant workers Umesh Kumar Ray

Labour / News From Delhi to Bihar and back: The relentless cycle of suffering for migrant workers Akhilesh Pandey

Policy / Commentary India’s pandemic response needed Ambedkar’s vision of social security and public health Jadumani Mahanand

Politics / News How the RSS co-opted local administrations for its relief interventions during the COVID-19 lockdown Sagar

Health / News Sent home from quarantine early despite symptoms, Bihar migrant worker dies of coronavirus Akhilesh Pandey

Economy / Commentary Why the relief package will not undo the lockdown’s destruction of the MSMEs Himanshu

Environment / Commentary Cyclone Amphan: Why the government cannot afford to repeat its mistakes in the Sundarbans Nazes Afroz

Media / Commentary What Solicitor General Tushar Mehta does not understand about the media Vidya Krishnan

Communities / News Migrants from the northeast are stuck between hostile employers and unemployment at home Kimi Colney

Health / News Three migrant workers recount riding their bicycles for hundreds of kilometres to return home Akhilesh Pandey

Health / Commentary How India is outsourcing the COVID-19 pandemic to its poor Alok Rai

Policy / News Kejriwal’s promise of free ration to workers fails as website plagued by technical issues Kanwaljeet Singh

Health / News Migrant fish workers stranded during COVID-19 lockdown, need more government support Supriya Vohra

Health / News Bengaluru’s workers suffer as Karnataka’s response to COVID-19 marked by delays, inefficiency Nileena MS

Religion / News In Delhi, a Masjid and Gurudwara come together to feed workers starved by COVID-19 lockdown Tushar Dhara

Health / News Bundelkhand’s returning migrant workers face harsh crackdowns and unsanitary quarantine facilities Sunil Kashyap

Labour / News In Photos: Migrant workers face police violence and hunger, escaping Delhi during lockdown Shahid Tantray, Ahan Penkar

Labour / Reportage The invisible migrant workers dying of “natural causes” in the Arab Gulf Nikhil Eapen

Politics / News Centre passes the buck to state governments on the coronavirus lockdown disaster Lewis Page

Labour / News “We are deserted”: Migrant workers forced to walk hundreds of kilometres due to lockdown Kaushal Shroff

Labour / The Lede Gogunda’s culinary workers fight back against exploitation Reetika Revathy Subramanian

Politics / News As Rajasthan goes to polls, silence shrouds the Afrazul hate killing Tushar Dhara

Labour / The Lede The changing nature of Qatar’s exploitation of South Asian workers Anchal Vohra

Labour / Reportage Unpaid and Stranded: The Plight of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia Rejimon Kuttappan

Labour / News Despite Jordan’s efforts, there is a long way to go to ensure protection for domestic workers Rina Mukerji

Communities / The Lede Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand face deep uncertainty Jennifer Meszaros