-The Indian Express In Guwahati, students under the banner of the All Assam Students’ Union marched from its office to the Governor’s residence and submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting why they oppose the Bill. Guwahati: The Northeast saw several protests on Monday against the citizenship amendment Bill, scheduled to be tabled in Parliament this session, with students’ bodies staging sit-in demonstrations and marches against the proposed...
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Female migrant workers and domestic employees need a security net -Rohini Mitra and Aarohi Damle
-TheWire.in The lack of a cohesive legislative framework stigmatises domestic workers and is a colossal disservice to those who rely on domestic labour for their livelihood. Shipra Mondal has been a migrant for almost her entire life. Having first moved villages after marriage, Mondal has since shifted around, within the state of West Bengal, numerous times and now lives in a slum in East Kolkata. Her husband works at a construction site,...
More »After four deaths in relief camps, Tripura's Bru Migrants ask 'Where is the Right to Food?' -Debraj Deb
-The Indian Express Earlier on October 31, when the first casualty reports arrived, SDM Baidya said a local Primary Health Centre (PHC) pronounced the deaths were caused by ‘unknown diseases’. Kanchanpur: Thirty-four days back, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stopped food and ration supplies for six Bru relief camps in Tripura’s North district as the ninth phase of repatriation of 32,000 Migrants living here since last two decades commenced. But a...
More »Where Do I Belong? -Saikat Bose
-The Indian Express For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask Before I moved to Delhi, a friend told me, “You are moving to the city of Migrants and djinns”. All this while I believed I am the migrant, now I am not sure. I have been living in Delhi for over five years. I built a career here, made some of my best friends here and I...
More »Homeless in city of birth: 3 out of 5 Indians without roof not Migrants -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Dalits account for over a third of the homeless New Delhi: Three in five homeless people surveyed across 15 Indian cities have said they were born in the city they now live in, a situation implying families trapped in destitution down the generations. A strong caste link too has emerged, with Dalits accounting for over a third of the homeless, double their share of India’s population. The European Union-funded study by the...
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