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Skyline & Beyond Quiet Stories Behind Loud Cities

Migration & Urbanisation: Movement, Opportunity and the Search for Belonging When we hear the words migration and urbanisation, our imagination often moves towards a familiar picture — a worker leaving a village, moving to a city in search of employment, living in an informal settlement, and becoming part of the urban workforce. This picture is…

To a Country Heading to Uncertainty

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Photo Credit: Adda247 Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 15, 2025 05:08 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik India’s poverty story has often been told as one of progress. Over the last two decades, government welfare schemes, exponential economic growth, and financial inclusion have reduced the share of people living in extreme poverty, also defined internationally…