Survey of migrant workers Understanding migration Divya Trivedi Venkitesh RamakrishnanWhen governments and their plans are found to be blatantly wanting in addressing reverse migration, exercises such as the Ekta Parishad’s survey of mi
Delhi Capital unconcernDivya TrivediMigrant workers feel cheated by the way the capital city has treated them during the crisis and continue to head back home in the hope that they would
Chhattisgarh An oasis of comfort Divya TrivediChhattisgarh stands out among central Indian States for its efficient handling of the pandemic and its far-sightedness in dealing with lockdown-relate
Communalism The virus of authoritarian strainDivya TrivediTaking advantage of the lockdown restrictions, the Delhi Police unleashes a witch-hunt against anti-CAA activists, especially Muslims, on the pretext
Informal sector workers in Delhi suffer amid prolonged lockdownDivya TrivediWith Delhi in the third phase of a prolonged lockdown, wherein it has relaxed some restrictions on the movement of individuals, the situation has turn
Delhi Confusion in the capital Divya TrivediThe relaxed restrictions of phase 3 of the lockdown have not made life in Delhi easier or less worrying.
COVID-19 and the plight of the transgender community Divya TrivediHighlighting the plight of the transgender community, Amnesty International said: “As the world comes together, India’s transgender community fights C
DELHI In fits and startsDivya TrivediAfter the initial lethargic response to the sudden migrant onrush, the State government retrieves lost ground to launch containment and surveillance m
Polarisation Targeting a communityDIVYA TRIVEDI The COVID-19 crisis brings out the communal polarisation of society that has been on the rise in the past few years.
Impact on the marginalised Double distress Divya TrivediThe Central government announced the lockdown abruptly and with apparently no thought for how India’s millions of vulnerable and socially excluded peo
Survey finds 94 per cent of construction workers ineligible for funds transfer Divya TrivediThe question of inadequate relief measures for migrant workers left stranded in more ways than one by the COVID-19 lockdown was brought out starkly in
Guests stranded as hotels shut down soon after PM’s lockdown announcement Divya TrivediPeople who were away from their homes when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, were l
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