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Reetika Revathy Subramanian

Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry

Water-intensive sugarcane plantations of Western Maharashtra hire workers in husband-wife pairs, in tune with the harvest season, necessitating quick nuptials.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian
· Apr 27, 2024 · 06:30 am
This comic book shows how Godavari Dange worked with women farmers to beat the Marathwada drought

An excerpt from ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’, with text by Reetika Revathy Subramanian and illustrations by Maitri Dore.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian
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Maitri Dore
· Dec 14, 2021 · 05:30 pm
In Surat’s power looms, ‘ease of doing business’ norms leave workers vulnerable to exploitation

Wages are low, hours are long and rates of injury are high.

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Sanjay Patel
· Jan 09, 2021 · 07:30 am

In India’s villages, some desperate parents see child marriage as a means to survive the pandemic

Covid-19 is increasing inequalities and exposing the existing vulnerabilities of patriarchal control, caste discrimination and capitalist extraction in India.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian
· Sep 10, 2020 · 01:30 pm
Chai migrants: For decades, this region in Rajasthan has been providing Mumbai its tea sellers

Hoping to build a better life, generations of men have been migrating from Vagad to Mumbai to work in the tea business.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian
· Aug 27, 2018 · 11:30 am
The death of a high-profile Tibetan prisoner in China sparks protests in India

Since July 12, the air has been thick with anger and deep anguish in McleodGanj, Dharamsala.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian
· Jul 26, 2015 · 08:30 am

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Reetika Revathy Subramanian

Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry

Water-intensive sugarcane plantations of Western Maharashtra hire workers in husband-wife pairs, in tune with the harvest season, necessitating quick nuptials.

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This comic book shows how Godavari Dange worked with women farmers to beat the Marathwada drought

An excerpt from ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’, with text by Reetika Revathy Subramanian and illustrations by Maitri Dore.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian & Maitri Dore · Dec 14, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In Surat’s power looms, ‘ease of doing business’ norms leave workers vulnerable to exploitation

Wages are low, hours are long and rates of injury are high.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian & Sanjay Patel · Jan 09, 2021 · 07:30 am

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Chai migrants: For decades, this region in Rajasthan has been providing Mumbai its tea sellers

Hoping to build a better life, generations of men have been migrating from Vagad to Mumbai to work in the tea business.

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Since July 12, the air has been thick with anger and deep anguish in McleodGanj, Dharamsala.

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