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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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt to murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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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
Video
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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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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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