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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Supreme Court order allowing deportation of Rohingyas shows that India hasn’t shed Partition baggage
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India is running out of oxygen, Covid-19 patients are dying – because the government wasted time
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Lahore and Amritsar: Two cities joined at birth are dying together
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How a cryptocurrency exchange in Mumbai flourished despite RBI’s ban on virtual coins
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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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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Hospitals out of beds, ministers pose with oxygen cylinders: Scenes from the Covid-19 crisis
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Watch: Heavy April snowfall covers Badrinath and higher parts of Uttarakhand
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Watch: Scenes from Prince Philip’s funeral following royal protocol (and physical distancing)
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Watch: Migrants throng Lucknow bus station to go back to their hometowns after lockdowns elsewhere
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Caught on camera: Tiger shark’s menacing pursuit of crocodile off the coast of Australia
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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