Happy to share our paper, co-authored with Prof. S.Irudaya Rajan, titled "Gujarat Versus Kerala: Analysing Locational Factors in Internal Migrant Labour Destination Choice" at 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮: https://t.co/fSmOdlFAIR

Please read our new piece in @down2earthindia, reflecting on cyclones, caste, and climate adaptation in Odisha.

Opinion: Odisha’s cyclone-resilient infrastructure, though admirable, still carries the social logic of exclusion, write @MSnag_writes and @shakuntala_read https://t.co/W51Cbe0jVB

@shakuntala_read @down2earthindia @CSEINDIA Climate adaptation can’t stand on social apartheid. True resilience means rebuilding dignity, not just homes. #ClimateJustice #Odisha #CasteAndEnvironment @CMO_Odisha @Naveen_Odisha

@shakuntala_read @down2earthindia @CSEINDIA Who lives on low-lying land, who gets brick houses instead of thatched huts, who receives early relief, whose suffering stays invisible, caste decides it all. When a fisherwoman says, “Self-respect is more important than safety,” she isn’t choosing death; she’s asserting dignity

Economists call climate change a threat multiplier—it deepens the inequalities already built into our societies. In Odisha’s cyclone belt, caste itself is the oldest climate variable. (with @shakuntala_read) Our essay👇in @down2earthindia @CSEINDIA https://t.co/2H71kG4Zlc

Happy to announce the publication of our co-edited book on Gig Work and Migrant Workers from Palgrave McMillan. 😊 I am grateful to all the contributors and especially the migrant workeres of Bangalore whose everyday resistance was the inspiration behind this book. 😊 ✊🏾

उन्हें नहीं मालूम कि मैं क्या बोल रही हूँ, क्यों बोल रही हूँ और मेरे बोलने में किसका ज़िक्र है, फिर भी जब मैं वहाँ बैठी थी तो दोनों दादी बड़े ग़ौर से मुझे सुन रहीं थीं, मानो उन्हें सब समझ आरहा हो। ये रिपोर्ट मैं कभी नहीं भूल पाऊँगी, इसने झकझोर दिया था।

At least 3rd big accident, with many dead, in the last two weeks. More depressing part - no accountability, no demand for better facilities, and no value for innocent human life. We have become immune to all kinds of incompetence, corruption, bad civic sense, & horrible roads.

India celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha's birth in 1956. It was also on Oct 14, 1956, that Dr. Ambedkar and his wife Dr. Savita Ambedkar were formally initiated into Buddhism by the Burmese monk Bhikku Chandiramani in Nagpur. Thereafter, the prime architect of

@TMigrationStory As Bihar heads into elections, migration must be more than a statistic. It’s time to talk about migration justice — making mobility safe, circular, and dignified for all. The Girl on the Flyover → https://t.co/A32lnNh6dK #BiharElections2025 #Migration #migrationspolitik

@TMigrationStory The “city as caste” is not a metaphor — it’s a map. Above: air-conditioned cars and privilege. Below: lives of those denied land, housing, and dignity. Development rests on an invisible labour force that it refuses to see. #CityAsCaste

Bihar’s migrants build the cities of India, but the Musahars who clean them live beneath the flyovers of “progress.” My essay on the precarious economy of waste and the city as caste. @TMigrationStory 👉 https://t.co/A32lnNh6dK #Bihar #Migration #Caste #Flyover

Delighted to share that my book Contested Childhoods (CUP) has been awarded the @SHCY Grace Abbott Prize 2024. @RanaAnwesha @SaniyaPuri007 Thanks are due to everyone who helped me in this journey.

Attached is the open call for papers for an international conference on caste, social mobility and migration at the University of Zurich in June 2026. I would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate the concept note among your colleagues or share it on your social media.

Onam in Kerala Is in Full Swing, Nuakhai in Odisha Has Just Ended: Two Festivals, One Missed Policy Window Story— Dr. Madhusudan Nag & Shakuntala Ghadai https://t.co/613a0CJr9F

@The_Mooknayak @shakuntala_read @GitaSunilPillai @CMO_Odisha @DmKalahandi @MohanMOdisha @Naveen_Odisha @BhaktaCharanDas Festivals can be both ritual & governance platforms. Odisha must rethink Nuakhai not as a calendar adjustment, but as a chance to extend rights & dignity.

@The_Mooknayak @shakuntala_read @GitaSunilPillai @CMO_Odisha @DmKalahandi @MohanMOdisha @Naveen_Odisha @BhaktaCharanDas The deeper issue: Sanskritised festivals like Onam or Jagannath’s Ratha Yatra get state power & visibility. But Nuakhai, a rare Gana Parba (mass festival) rooted in agrarian-tribal life, remains marginal.

@The_Mooknayak @shakuntala_read @GitaSunilPillai @CMO_Odisha @DmKalahandi @MohanMOdisha @Naveen_Odisha @BhaktaCharanDas Nuakhai could be Odisha’s “return week” for: Migrant registration Ration & insurance updates MGNREGA & skills enrolment Wage theft grievance redressal A low-cost, high-impact governance sprint.

@The_Mooknayak @shakuntala_read @GitaSunilPillai @CMO_Odisha @DmKalahandi @MohanMOdisha @Naveen_Odisha @BhaktaCharanDas Migrants spend thousands to come home from Kerala, TN, Gujarat, Maharashtra —often without confirmed tickets. Yet Odisha govt reduces it to a token holiday. By contrast, #Onam in Kerala is a season of governance: ✔️ PDS kits ✔️ Pension advances ✔️ Job campaigns ✔️ Real holidays

Please read our discussion piece @The_Mooknayak Nuakhai is more than a ritual; it’s a missed policy window. https://t.co/FBGsVYhP0E @shakuntala_read @GitaSunilPillai @CMO_Odisha @DmKalahandi @MohanMOdisha @Naveen_Odisha @BhaktaCharanDas #Nuakhai #Onam #Odisha #PublicPolicy