On Yamuna’s dirty banks, brotherhood of the dispossessed gathers in the only place they know as home
They prefer the unsanitary, inhospitable stretch along the river to the hot, crowded shelters to which they were taken.
Following authoritarian regimes around the world, India is using Covid-19 pandemic to crush dissent
In Delhi, large numbers of people – many of them Muslim – have been arrested in cases related to the CAA-NRC protests and recent communal riots
Migrants Workers, the Lockdown and the Judiciary
The millions of migrants who have lost their livelihoods have a fundamental right to a life of dignity. The refusal of the Government of India to provide comprehensive support and the Supreme Court’s ruling on a petition seeking relief have left them adrift.
Harsh Mander: For India’s migrant workers, the prospect of life with dignity has become more remote
The Supreme Court said it could not rely on studies about the condition of migrant workers by private bodies when the government portrayed a different picture.