How can India create Employment in the digital age?
The global window for export- and manufacturing- led development is closing
Marc Saxer Delhi
Labour
Why are the Ola and Uber drivers on a strike?
The confrontation between the striking drivers and the tech-based startups - Ola and Uber - is not as straightforward as it seems. Propelled forward as it is by demonetisation and a demand for rights
Shalini Sharma and Abeer Kapoor Delhi
How Bawana is becoming an industrial wasteland
Once looked upon as the next big MSME hub, Bawana has become an area where few businessmen want to set up shop
Shibu Kumar Tripathi Delhi
Unemployment Crisis: Staring at jobs loss and driverless cars
Every month, a million young Indians become ready to join the industrial workforce. Who can generate jobs for them?
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Honda Workers Strike: Ease of Maltreating Labour
Big companies break unions apart because they fight for dignity, rights and safety for the mazdoor. They use draconian policies and enlist the help of the State apparatus to quell protest; yet the protesting workers soldier on braving all sorts of adversities
Abeer Kapoor Delhi
Cogs in the Wheel
All production is exploitative,says Rahul Roy
Abeer Kapoor Delhi
Modern day Slaves
The plight of domestic workers goes unnoticed even today
Jayashri Ramesh Sundaram Delhi
Magic of millets
The marginalised women of Medak district have shown the way to other farmers, scientists and policy makers to regenerate sustainable and citizen controlled food systems Akash Bisht Medak (Andhra Pradesh)
DOMESTIC bliss?
The humble domestic worker in India is often treated like a modern-day slave
They are an essential part of every middle-class/rich Indian set-up. Without them, many urban homes would fall into complete disarray. It is their constant presence and hard work that give families the leisure to be together as families.
Nuclear Family’s Untouchables
Thousands of Dalits still clean shit with their bare hands and carry it on their heads. So how come a 9 per cent growth rate economy can’t generate alternative professions for them?