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September 3, 2025
Photo essay: Why are Assam’s Khutis disappearing?
Khutis are traditional shelters for semi-nomadic herders on Assam’s riverine islands. But over the last few decades, their number has drastically declined. Here's why.
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Dhan Bahadur Pradhan
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4 min read
September 2, 2025
How coastal women in Odisha are adapting to erosion
In Ganjam, Odisha, women fish workers face exclusion from planning processes even as climate change and erosion reshape their lives.
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CH Padmini
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3 min read
August 28, 2025
Why are the Kuki-Zo in Manipur negotiating for land?
Amid shifting cultivation and migration, Kuki-Zo families in Manipur are finding ways to secure access to the land they have inhabited for generations.
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Paohaolen Haokip
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2 min read
June 17, 2025
Panipuri, dahi puri, and a search for belonging in Tripura
A panipuri vendor in Agartala shares how his family migrated from Bihar to Tripura, found solidarity among fellow migrants, and built a life for themselves.
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Bikash Gupta
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2 min read
May 27, 2025
In Tripura, youth aspirations get lost in translation
Young people in Tripura are ambitious and eager to grow, but inadequate higher education institutes, limited job opportunities, and language barriers shape whether they migrate or stay.
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Anupam Sharma
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4 min read
April 22, 2025
Climate, children, and the crisis at hand
Children’s safety and well-being must be at the heart of the climate conversation. Here’s why.
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Janani Sekhar
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6 min read
March 18, 2025
Why do workers in Odisha return to bonded labour?
In Odisha, rescued workers often fall back into bondage due to failed rehabilitation and scarce jobs. Can local livelihoods break the cycle?
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Ranjita Rana
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2 min read
February 13, 2025
Job transfers to job losses: Bokaro’s changing steel industry
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.
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Shivam Kumar
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2 min read
January 10, 2025
The road to safety and security for migrant workers
The migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown was a wake-up call for policy makers that certain long-term and systemic practices and approaches need to be adopted for internal migration in the country
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Johnson Topno
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5 min read
November 28, 2024
A temporary faith keeper in Mizoram: Being a refugee pastor
A pastor from the Chin community in Myanmar now lives as a refugee in Mizoram. She works at the local church but without a salary.
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Reverend Malasawmi
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2 min read
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