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'I Don’t Have the Option to Rent a House': How Migrant Workers Differ From the Urban Poor The mass exodus of migrant workers from cities after the nationwide lockdown has amplified the housing crisis for migrant workers in cities. Representative image of a slum in NCR. Photo: Reuters Urban06/Mar/2021 ‘Low-income migrants’ in cities have always subsumed under the blanket, but arguably vague, term ‘urban poor’. This categorisation overlooks the mobility dimension of migrant workers’ lives where they are constantly moving between places in search of work, following cap...

The Dissenting and Defiant Citizen Is Indian of the Year Whether at Shaheen Bagh or on the highways outside Delhi, Indians are standing up for dignity and rights for all. Santokh Singh, 70, a farmer who was hurt by a tear gas shell and received stitches, poses for a picture at the site of a protest against the newly passed farm bills, at Singhu border near Delhi, India December 2, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis Rights26/Dec/2020 In an environment where dissidence is considered an act of rebellion, even sedition, where people are thrown into jail for standing up for rights, and w...