Bengaluru garment hub’s dirty secret: Sexual harassment in the workplace

A root cause of this is the power imbalance – the majority of workers are women while the middle and senior management are disproportionately male.

Rohini Mohan

· Jun 27, 2017 · 09:00 am

‘Locals have become too aware of their rights’: Why Bengaluru garment factories are hiring migrants

The fashion industry’s requirements for cheaper and faster labour have prompted companies to focus on rural India.

Rohini Mohan

· May 09, 2017 · 09:00 am

For Bengaluru’s garment hub workers, the minimum wage is actually the maximum wage

From April 2016 to January 2017, apparel exports grew by 4.5%. But the narrative that the cost of labour is squeezing the industry is a constant refrain.

Rohini Mohan

· Apr 19, 2017 · 10:30 am

The Bengaluru garment workers who stitched your branded clothes have probably still not been paid

Small strikes over unpaid wages continue to erupt in garment hub that saw massive protests last year.

Rohini Mohan

· Apr 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

Indianise, nationalise, spiritualise: The RSS education project is in expansion mode

The Sangh has been running thousands of schools and gurukuls since 1952. But with the BJP at the Centre, this programme has new energy.

Rohini Mohan

· Aug 30, 2016 · 07:30 am

The winner: Here’s what won Rohini Mohan the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

An excerpt from ‘The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka’s Civil War’.

Rohini Mohan

· Nov 25, 2015 · 08:30 am

Sri Lanka: Life amidst death when the guns stopped firing

As Sri Lanka goes to the polls, an excerpt from a book about what the civil war did to its people.

Rohini Mohan

· Aug 17, 2015 · 08:30 am