Transhumance Pastoralism in Kashmir: Case of the Gujjar- Bakarwals

Pallavi Sareen presents an overview of the multiple hazards faced by pastoral transhumance communities in Kashmir in the wake of climate change. Sareen was a participant in CRG and Commonwealth Journalists’ Association- India’s collaborative workshop “Climate Change, Disaster, Displacement and Role of Media”, organized in Kolkata, India on 24-25 August, 2022.

A Report on “Climate Disaster, Migration, and News Reporting: A South Asian Discussion”

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (www.mcrg.ac.in), in collaboration with DWAkademie(DWA), announced the launch of a network titled South Asia Network for Communication, Displacement and Migration (SAN-CDM) with an online discussion on 27th October, 2022. Supratik Sinha reports on the proceedings of this inaugural meeting on Climate Disaster, Migration, and News Reporting.

Migrant worker deaths: The dark underbelly of Qatar Football World Cup

Two weeks before the football World Cup begins in Qatar, the forcible eviction of migrant workers from dozens of buildings in Doha’s Al Mansoura neighbourhood made headlines. The evictions were a bid to make Doha look like another international city in the first world. In some cases, the migrant workers were reportedly given just two hours’ notice to vacate the area.

Thousands of football fans from around the globe will stay, November 20 onwards, in the neighbourhood where the hundreds of migrant workers lived. The airports, railway tracks and roads they will use to travel to the seven world class football stadiums have been built by migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia and Africa. What they will not know is how they were treated, their working conditions or how many died to make the tournament possible. Bharat Bhushan writes.

Media Approach towards Climate Refugees, Disaster and Displacement in South Asian Economy and Society

Shahenoor Akhtar Urmi presents an overview of media approaches to climate induced displacement. Urmi was a participant in CRG and Commonwealth Journalists’ Association- India’s collaborative workshop “Climate Change, Disaster, Displacement and Role of Media”, organized in Kolkata, India on 24-25 August, 2022.