Topic: migrant labourers
Assam, Gujarat or Tamil Nadu, sub-nationalism in India is a menace and needs urgent tackling
In ‘India – A Federal Union of States’, former Union home secretary Madhav Godbole writes sub-nationalism is becoming increasingly intolerant everywhere.
Threat, fear were most common police tools during Covid lockdown, study finds
Forty-nine per cent police personnel said they frequently used force against migrant labourers, Lokniti-CSDS-Common Cause survey in 19 cities finds.
SubscriberWrites: My experience on a national highway in 2020 — police checked migrants but didn’t help them
As Tapas Basu drove along NH2 to Durgapur, he saw migrants trudging home and police behaviour that shocked him.
New book chronicles a 1,232-km journey home by migrants during 2020 lockdown
‘1232 km: The Long Journey Home’ by filmmaker Vinod Kapri, published by Harper Collins, will be launched on 31 May on ThePrint's ‘SoftCover’.
Centre, AAP govt failed to think about migrant workers during 2020 lockdown, says Delhi HC
The high court said lessons should be taken from the past lockdown as reports show migrant workers are again going back as Delhi govt announced a six-day lockdown.
Fear of Covid & another lockdown pushes migrant workers to start the journey home again
Last year's lockdown left migrant workers stranded without livelihood or the means to return home. They are eager to avoid the same fate this time.
Budget 2021 should have a clear outlook for next fiscal year without any caveat
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.
Delhi to withdraw FIRs lodged against migrants during lockdown — Home Minister Satyendar Jain
Cases were registered in Delhi for violations of prohibitory orders during the lockdown that was announced on 24 March in view of the Covid pandemic.
Why would you want food for ten days? What Sonu Sood asked migrant labourers at Kalwa Chowk
In 'I Am No Messiah', Sonu Sood writes with Meena Iyer that migrant labourers didn't believe him first but his plea had an impact like Shah Rukh Khan’s dressing-room speech in Chak De! India.
The unspoken words that help Modi retain public approval
Public disenchantment against the government — or against anything — needs articulation. That articulation has been wanting.
Rollback of Char Dham Act has a message for all governments — free India’s temples
The Char Dham Devasthanam Board Management Act has been repealed in Uttarakhand. It will have ramifications across India.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.