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

· Jan 29, 2021 · 07:30 am

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

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Amrita Jain

 & 

Sumitra Mishra

· Jan 16, 2021 · 09:30 am

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

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Mona Mishra

, 

Misbah Rashid

 & 

Akhila Sivadas

· Jan 14, 2021 · 09:00 am

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

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Daksha Parmar

 & 

S Krithi

· Jan 11, 2021 · 06:30 am

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

· Jan 10, 2021 · 07:30 am

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

Why public employment is crucial for a healthy, equitable society

Greater public employment ensures better deliver of public services to citizens.

Jayati Ghosh

· Jan 08, 2021 · 09:00 am

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

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Christophe Jaffrelot

 & 

Priyal Thakkar

· Jan 07, 2021 · 09:00 am