Livelihood Concerns
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With the sea out of bounds, chemicals are being used to kill and catch freshwater fish in Odisha
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Odisha’s fishing ban compensates the fishers at sea. But what about the women in allied jobs?
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As India and China lock horns, Ladakhi shepherds are paying the price
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In Rajasthan, widows of stone miners who died of silicosis have no choice but to return to mining
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Depleting fish catch forces Sundarbans fishers to migrate to southern states
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India’s new fisheries policy will increase private control over open access water bodies
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In this Gujarat grassland, a plant introduced in the 1950s is disrupting the nomadic way of life
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A Tamil Nadu fisherman is making maps to help villagers save their lands from encroachment
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Tamil Nadu deep sea divers who bring conches to the world are losing their hearing
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Harvesting Himalayan Viagra has improved the lot of Uttarakhand villagers (but it may not last long)
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In Tripura, a crackdown on cannabis cultivation leaves hundreds without livelihood
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Species-specific advisories are helping fishermen in India find good catch, save time
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As catch declines, Chilika fishers are forced to become migrant labourers
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With their livelihoods under threat, boat-makers of West Bengal’s Balagarh pray for the tide to turn
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Crafting joy: This Karnataka village has been making wooden toys since Tipu Sultan’s time
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The Uber-Ola drivers' strike in Delhi fizzled out, but the unresolved row may resurface any time
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With few formal unions, Ola and Uber drivers draw on informal networks to enforce strike in Delhi
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After a summer under lockdown, a quarrying ban has rendered thousands jobless in Kashmir
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Surviving on jugaad with help from Sai Baba 400 km from home
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Why do we wait so restlessly for the workday to end and for the weekend to come?
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Driven to despair: Uber and Ola drivers face Delhi ban amid police crackdown