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‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
NGT issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over complaints of open defecation at Kumbh Mela
The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
Why drones are surveying Indian villages
From the memoir: Novelist B Jeyamohan writes about the matriarchal family system he grew up in
‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
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Labour
The coal-worker’s dilemma: Die slowly of unhealthy conditions or die quickly of starvation?
Sandeep Pai Savannah Carr-Wilson
· Oct 11, 2018 · 05:30 pm
A teenager traces her Indian great-great grandmother’s life as an indentured labourer in Fiji
Aanchal Malhotra
· Sep 13, 2018 · 11:30 am
What is labour? An exhibition in Kolkata engages with the complex question
Devarsi Ghosh
· Jul 23, 2018 · 03:30 pm
‘We are the defeated’: The fears and struggles of Bihari migrant labourers in Delhi’s Chawri Bazaar
Nikhil Roshan
· Jul 06, 2018 · 11:30 am
India’s plan to restrict life-saving drug could endanger women during childbirth, say experts
Nayantara Narayanan
· Jul 04, 2018 · 05:30 pm
Six decades ago, a workers’ uprising changed Darjeeling’s tea gardens. It’s time for change again
Anuradha Sharma
· Jun 25, 2018 · 11:30 am
Space to grow: How Odisha’s seasonal hostels are helping curb child migration and child labour
Rakhi Ghosh
· Jun 10, 2018 · 08:30 pm
From construction to sanitation: How daily wage workers in Delhi survived demonetisation
Abhishek Dey
· Mar 16, 2018 · 10:45 am
From four chapatis to two: Job shortage forces Mumbai’s daily wage workers to cut back on meals
Aarefa Johari
· Mar 16, 2018 · 09:45 am
Three cities, 36 workers, the same story: Even daily jobs are now hard to find
Aarefa Johari Abhishek Dey Vinita Govindarajan
· Mar 16, 2018 · 09:00 am
WHO suggests giving women more time during child birth, reducing interventions to accelerate labour
Scroll Staff
· Feb 16, 2018 · 06:39 pm
WHO suggests giving women more time during child birth, reducing interventions to accelerate labour
Scroll Staff
· Feb 16, 2018 · 06:22 pm
Video: Japan's robot expo sparks debate on future of human labour
Reuters
· Jan 19, 2018 · 03:09 pm
She said ‘no’ to an episiotomy during childbirth. Her doctor cut her anyway.
Rebecca Grant, Mosaic
· Dec 10, 2017 · 02:30 pm
The stories of the 37.4 million invisible and underpaid home-based workers in India
Janhavi Dave
· Oct 25, 2017 · 11:30 am
In Assam, a panel has been set up to fix the minimum wages of Assam’s tea workers. But will it help?
Arunabh Saikia
· Oct 18, 2017 · 07:30 am
The echo chamber: We are no longer listening to people who are not like us
Arun Maira
· Sep 20, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Lab notes: India can reduce its stillbirths by training its healthcare workers
Bhavya Khullar
· Sep 14, 2017 · 05:30 am
More Indian women could go to work if they found alternative caregivers
Anoushaka Chandrashekar, IndiaSpend.com Parul Agarwal, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 09, 2017 · 08:30 pm
The problem with India’s jobs data is that they hide more than they reveal
Madhura Karnik, qz.com
· Jun 17, 2017 · 07:30 pm
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