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From intricate masks to Christmas ornaments, Kashmiri paper-mache has long served an international market. As global political and economic conflicts disrupt exports, artisans fear a loss of not just livelihoods, but identity.

Platform work is often characterised as either an opportunity or as exploitation. A study by IDInsight explains why India’s gig economy is far more complex.

Rural youth often migrate out of Manipur to work. Upon return, many find it difficult to adjust to life and traditional livelihoods, such as Jhum cultivation, back home.

For young Indians, economic inclusion isn’t just about jobs. It’s about independence, the dignity to choose, and the freedom to shape their own future.

Despite growing discourse on inclusion, queer and trans people are still systemically excluded from institutions, livelihoods, and decision-making spaces.

In Jharkhand's Bokaro district, steel industry jobs used to pass from one generation to the next. But automation has led to migration and uncertainty.

Burdened by low wages and unsafe working conditions, and coupled with limited access to schemes like e-Shram, nursery workers in Shahjahanpur barely make ends meet.

Advancing the rights of persons with disabilities through grassroots initiatives can only succeed when their voices and wisdom are placed at the centre.

Rising temperatures make it easier to produce more handicrafts, but souvenirs don’t sell for lack of government support.

Ladakh's youth believe that the sixth schedule status and self-governance is the only way to curb the rampant unemployment in the union territory.