Once a migrant, always a migrant: The multiple passages of tea plantation workers of north-Bengal

Santi Sarkar and Khoka Mali write about the tea gardens in North Bengal, and the migrations that enable them. This articles takes into consideration the disparity in wages, in the payment of provident funds of the tea garden employees and the need for subsistence that send people out of the tea gardens, those who are the children of already migrant workers.

Report on a webinar with Balakrishnan Madhavan Kutty, on Kerala’s CoVid 19 response

A short report by Rajat Kanti Sur on  a Webinar on Public Policy Lessons from Kerala’s COVID-19 Response by Balakrishnan Madhavan Kutty, Rural Development Expert, World Bank and special envoy to Kerala, organised by USIEF on 8th May, 2020. 

Bringing the border home: India Partition 2020

Samata Biswas writes about the social distance India maintains from its migrant workers,  redrawing the borders that govern our lives. 

A Report: How One State can Learn from Another – Migrant Workers in Kolkata

 

Swati Bhattacharjee and Abhijnan Sarkar take stock of the situation of two groups of migrant workers in Kolkata, and try to assess what could be done for them.

Glimpses of Life in the Time of Corona

Madhurilata Basu and Sibaji Pratim Basu undertake a survey of the experiences of migrant healthcare workers and politics of communalisation that constitutes India’s response to the novel Coronavirus. 

Social Distancing, “Touch-Me-Not” and the Migrant Worker

As part of CRG’s publication on the Covid 19 pandemic and migrant workers, Ishita Dey writes about migrants who perform intimate labour, perceived as a threat, embodying fear of spreading contamination, facing new challenges of ostracization and social stigma.

My Grandfather’s Transistor Radio

Mandira Chakraborty writes about the transistor radio that saved her grandfather’s life during the partition of India, and the many migrations that it witnessed.

Deepak Unnikrishnan’s Temporary People: a review

Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil reviews Deepak Unnikrishnan’s 2017 novel, Temporary People. 

Way Back Home- A review

Annesha Saha reviews Supriyo Sen’s 2019 film, Way Back Home.