COVER STORY

Gwalior Rayons: A Zero Sum Game


Sindhu Menon

It is hard to face reality when reality has many faces. May it the closure of a factory or the struggle of communities where soft drink manufacturing factories function or the mafia that exists in sand mining areas, the REALITY has many faces.

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In the Wilderness of Chhotanagpur... Contract Labour in Bokaro Steel Plant


J John

In the wilderness of Chhotanagpur in Jharkhand state, on the banks of the Bokaro River, lies the idyllic Bokaro steel city. The city is the site of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), a large government-owned steel plant, which started production in 1978.

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Budget 2004 and Employment An Opportunity Lost


Jayati Ghosh

Much was expected of the new government’s first budget.

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Labour at Gunpoint in Kashmir


Sanjiv Pandita

For Abdul Majid, the summer of 2004 is turning out to be very special. Majid, who operates a shikara (a house boat) in the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar, is smiling for the first time in nearly one-and-half decades.

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