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India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The World of Tea
This book deals with the history of tea. The tale of tea contains within itself the histories of Bengal and of Assam, of the Indian subcontinent, and of the world. Let’s unlock this treasure chest, then, and see what stories we can find in the history of tea.
This book is the third in the second set of history books for children produced by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.
India, Social Justice |
"Captain" Suresh and the Union Ship
This comic is based on a study undertaken in 2020-21 by the Centre for Labour Studies at NLSIU, Bangalore, among platform food-delivery workers in Bangalore.
India, Social Justice |
An introduction to the world of platform-based taxi work
This reader is based on a study undertaken by the Centre for Labour Studies at NLSIU, Bangalore among platform taxi drivers in Hyderabad.
Read more … An introduction to the world of platform-based taxi work
India, Social Justice |
Centering Rights in the Platform Workplace: Understanding Legal Frameworks around Algorithmic Management and Upholding Worker Rights
The world of work and social engagement changed when words like ‘google’, ‘uber’ and ‘swiggy’ evolved from nouns to verbs, reflecting the ubiquity of these platforms. This change also mirrored the relentless growth of an ever-hungry goliath of a market, seemingly creating numerous job opportunities in the service sector. But what exactly do digital platforms, specifically digital labour platforms do?
India, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Social Justice |
Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market: Employment Discrimination and Its Impact on Poverty
The book conducts an in-depth analysis of how employment and wage discrimination affect the income and poverty levels of scheduled caste workers. It advocates for implementing affirmative action policies as a viable solution to address and rectify employment and wage discrimination issues.
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The People of Our Country
The third book of the series talks about the linguistic diversity of the Indian subcontinent and how it has shaped India's international and regional borders since the colonial period. The book also explores the violence of determining 'insider' and 'outsider' based on linguistic identity, which India has frequently witnessed.
Read more … First History Lessons: The People of Our Country
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country
The second book of the series talks about the complex history of citizenship in post-colonial India, how the Partition shapes the citizenship question, the citizenship act amendments, the reason and consequences of NRC in Assam, and the CAA movement across the country
Read more … First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Partition
The first book of the series talks about the Partition of India and how its impact was different along the lines of region, caste and gender. The book also argues that there is no one-line answer to why the Partition happened.
India, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Social Justice |
Inter Group Inequality in Wealth Ownership in India
This report explores intergroup inequality in wealth ownership and changes in intergroup wealth inequality. It also analyses intergroup inequality in land ownership, house ownership, and business ownership and changes in intergroup inequality in land ownership, house ownership, and business ownership.
Read more … Inter Group Inequality in Wealth Ownership in India
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
The Invisibles: Towards a Seasonal Migration Atlas of India
The Atlas seeks to generate macro estimates of seasonal migrant workers at the state and national levels and document major migration streams.
Read more … The Invisibles: Towards a Seasonal Migration Atlas of India
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
Value Chain Analysis of the Sugar Industry
The study undertakes a value chain analysis of the sugar industry in India with a focus on the industry in South Gujarat.
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
Fruit of labour: Migrant workers in the Vineyards of Nashik, Maharashtra
This study is a description of “Profile and Working – Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Vineyards of Nasik, Maharashtra”.
Read more … Fruit of labour: Migrant workers in the Vineyards of Nashik, Maharashtra
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Labour in the lower tiers of Automobile Value Chains: A Case Study from Gurgaon-Manesar Industrial Cluster in India
The study brings to the light how the big factories and the firms are complexly articulated with the equipment suppliers and how decent work remains a chimera in these segments of work, in terms of access to social protection, occupational safety, transparency in job contracts and labour rights.
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Exploring (De-)Regulation of Labour in the Automative Value Chain in Delhi-NCR
The study examines the nature of employment relations, the composition of the workforce, modes of recruitment, work hours, access to amenities and social security in the sector. The study also examines the potential and challenges of regulating the Automotive Value Chain, especially in the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act context.
Read more … Exploring (De-)Regulation of Labour in the Automative Value Chain in Delhi-NCR
Council for Social Development, India, Social Justice |
Culture, Capital, and Witch Hunts in Meghalaya and Nagaland
In continuation of the conceptualisation of our earlier study on ‘Culture, Capital and Witch Hunts in Assam’, this study has tried to explore the social beliefs and ritual practices of witch-hunts in indigenous societies of Meghalaya and Nagaland in Northeast India.
Read more … Culture, Capital, and Witch Hunts in Meghalaya and Nagaland