Labour File

BOOK REVIEW

Of Hunger and the Hungry

Vol. 6, Issue No. 6, November - December, 2008

Pratyush Chandra

The book under review is a report that narrates a sad tale of poverty amidst plenty,of the poor untouched by the euphoria of growth-oriented development, both objectively and subjectively.

The Textile Mill Workers of Ahmedabad

Vol. 6, Issue No. 5, July - October, 2008

Sharit K. Bhowmik

Working for the Mill No More
by Jan Breman and Parthiv Shah

Debt Bondage in India

Vol. 6, Issue No. 3, March - June, 2008

Pratyush Chandra

The persistence of ‘debt bondage’ in India has long mesmerised the progressive intellectuals and activists, a vast majority of who still consider its existence as a reminder of the amphibian character of India’s political economy and its underdevelopment—overloaded with pre-capitalist ‘vestiges’.

‘The Other India at Work: Job Quality in Micro and Small Enterprise Clusters’

Vol. 3, Issue No. 5, September - October, 2005

Rajalakshmi

Given the vast size of the unorganised sector in India, to showcase even a sample of the working and living conditions of workers and their families is a monumental task.