November, 2020 4 stories of 4 inspiring women who work as home-based entrepreneurs and are associated with SEWA Bharat 6 minutes read Cementing individual lives for the greater good, solidarity has found a louder voice in these chaotic times - especially [...]
November, 2020 Understanding society’s role in the treatment of garment workers with the help of the Wizarding World 5 minutes read It was only in the fourth year of school that Harry and his friends discovered that their meals were cooked, [...]
November, 2020 The latest tech-based initiatives in the domestic work industry attempting to make lives easier for employers and employees alike 3 minutes read Poonam is a homemaker residing in Mumbai. Her housemaid had to return to her hometown abruptly due [...]
October, 2020 Double-clicking on the glorified concept of work-from-home and uncovering what it means for women in the home-based informal industry of beedi manufacturing 6 minutes read In the book ‘To Sir, With Love’ I remember reading a line about how [...]
July, 2020 An objective analysis of the representation of domestic workers in the private sector 7 minutes read There is a stark contrast between how domestic workers are perceived in the popular media vis-a vis the actual reality of their lives. [...]
July, 2020 An exploration of the exploitation of children in the paan and beedi industry in India 7 minutes read The Paan and Beedi industry falls under the specialized industries domain. This unique industry has unique ways of functioning as well. [...]
July, 2020 A glimpse of a day in the life of a female construction worker, through her own eyes 4 minutes read The throbbing ache in her limbs is what hits her first as she wakes up. Shilpa, a young mother [...]
July, 2020 Life of a female beedi worker in 21st century India 5 minutes read The tobacco smoking industry- comprising cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and beedis has witnessed a rapid increase in manufacturing and consumption, thanks to the many perceptions the practice [...]
July, 2020 Here are six lessons I learned from phone calls with two garment workers from Rajasthan and Maharashtra 6 minutes read We’ve all experienced some form of this or the other - pain from someone you never expected to hurt [...]