India Exclusion Report
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How caste oppression is institutionalised in India’s sanitation jobs
Despite modernisation, waste management remains one of the most underpaid and dangerous jobs in the country.
Shruti I & Madhurima Majumdar
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It’s time India thinks harder about our policies for children – our future depends on it
We must secure for children a life of dignity with equity and sustainability as a larger public good.
Devika Singh, Amrita Jain & Sumitra Mishra
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How India’s marginalised sex workers have asserted their right to welfare entitlements
They have seized opportunities in the areas of HIV prevention, gender equality and human rights to work collectively to try to find inclusion.
Sutapa Majumdar, Mona Mishra, Misbah Rashid & Akhila Sivadas
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Covid-19 pandemic shows how India’s thrust to privatise healthcare puts the burden on the poor
We must build a movement to establish health for all as a basic right.
T Sundararaman, Daksha Parmar & S Krithi
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The Covid-19 migrant crisis showed why the state must protect living wages as a public good
The wage crisis during lockdown was not a unique situation caused by the shutting of the economy – it is a core feature of India’s urban economy.
Nivedita Jayaram & Priyanka Jain
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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
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Why public employment is crucial for a healthy, equitable society
Greater public employment ensures better deliver of public services to citizens.
Jayati Ghosh
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In Ahmedabad’s Juhapura, exploring the paradoxes of Muslim ghettoisation
Perplexing features of the area’s political economy are not separate from Gujarat’s long history of Hindu nationalism.
Sharik Laliwala, Christophe Jaffrelot & Priyal Thakkar