Suraj Ramji is a 25-year-old migrant worker hailing from Awaliya village in Madhya Pradesh. He belongs to the Korku tribe, which is an ethnic adivasi group residing in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. A lesser known tribe, the Korkus are known to follow a traditional form of living with thatched huts made up of […]

A chilly wind blows softly over the place. The streets are empty, save for an occasional passerby. It is an unusual sight at this time of the year, where normally the streets would be bustling with pilgrims. Chanting hymns, sanguine pilgrims would reach the Holy Temple of Kedarnath, after completing a distance of 16 km […]

Never had human civilisation suffered a calamity more ruthless than the supercyclone Amphan battering the eastern coast of India amidst the COVID19 pandemic. Several communities from the low lying areas and coastal regions suffered immensely. Amongst the ones gravely affected by the cyclone is Shyamali Munda, a 43-year-old woman from the Kasiabad Mundapara village of […]

The limited availability of worldly resources has confined human greed. But the unjust scarcity of critical means of sustenance turns the basic need of the marginalised into a vulnerability. Here’s where inequality in society holds an origin. We live in a world of contrast where lavish fortunes adjacent deficiencies but hardly does the marginalised find […]

Almost after six years of repressing her emotional pain, Sagarika shared her story of sufferance as a human trafficking survivor. Currently working as a volunteer under CASA’s IREACH Humanitarian Response project in Sundarbans, her journey of terror, trauma and abuse to an independent woman comes off as an exemplar in the present times. It was […]

“Though I shall never forget this worst phase of my life, I shall also loathe my disappointment at the quarantine centres against the lack of basic facilities. There was no sanitation and hygiene; we had to get food from our home. The 14 days lockdown also worsened the financial troubles in my family”, narrates Aarti. […]

Covid-19 has swept the globe with adversities in every sector. As the nation grapples with the challenges of the pandemic, the plight of the transgender communities is yet to be heard. “I have been facing discrimination all my life. Life has never been easy for me, even when I was a kid.” 34 year- old […]

The distressed scenario of India’s migrant workers has haunted the country. Suffering and hardships have come hand in hand along with the coronavirus. In the midst of this heart-wrenching situation, Virendar Singh, a migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh, currently residing Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, lost his only source of earning. “ I migrated to Shimla in […]

“When I stand in the queue for receiving support, I don’t understand whether to stand in the line for men or that of women, since there is no line for transgenders.”, remarks Diksha (name changed), a transgender carrying out her life in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The transgender community has suffered the insensitivity of social prejudices. The […]