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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Can Recruitment be Fair? Possibilities and Paradoxes of Ethical Recruitment in Eastern Himalayas

Nirvan Pradhan explores recruitment zones in the Eastern Himalayas as part of migration infrastructure within the more extensive global labour regimes.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Pawns for Profits - Analysing the Plight of Bangladeshi Female Migrant

The aim of this paper by Ahmad Ibrahim is to recount this history of female migration into KSA from Bangladesh during the 2015-2018 period as an example of collusion between profit-oriented recruiters and the state apparatus, where women were used as a pawn for opening up the more lucrative male labour migration market.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

"United We Stand": Role of Unionisations among the Gig Labours in India

This paper by Rajat Kanti Sur searches for whether unionisation would play an influential role in ensuring safety and socio-economic security for the informal and gig workers.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Literary Imagination of Climate Change and Climate Disasters

In this article, authors, Debashree Chakraborty and Shubhoranjan Dasgupta, explores the literary imaginations of climate change and its effects.

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International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Keywords on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies

The handbook aims at a compilation and brief explication of key terms used in the multidisciplinary field of refugee and forced migration studies.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

The Kaibarta Question in Barak Valley, Assam: A Curious Case of Settlements in Flux

This paper tries to trace the origins of Kaibarta migration in Barak valley of Southern Assam by focusing on how the community came and settled in the region.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Navigating Precarity: Analysing Multiple Narratives of Citizenship in Assam

This report explores citizenship dilemmas in Assam, India, where the state has designated a group called 'Non Citizens.' These individuals live in a state of limbo, facing daily threats of deportation. The report examines the implications of this situation.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Impact of Climate Change on Nomads in Jammu and Kashmir with a View of Public Health Facilities

With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing extreme weather events like the earthquake in 2005, flash floods and landslides in 2010, and the massive floods of 2014; the Bakarwal population is finding it difficult to continue the centuries-old practice of transhumance pastoralism.

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Solidarity for Survival: Cooperative Building as a Solution to Overcome Vulnerability

This paper explores the role of cooperatives in fostering solidarity among economically disadvantaged migrant workers from various backgrounds in Kolkata, based on case studies of press workers, construction workers, sanitation workers, and sex workers.

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Lived experiences from Indian Sundarbans amidst climate change and migration

India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Those Who Stay Behind: Lived Experiences from Indian Sundarbans Amidst Climate Change and Migration

Climate change is frighteningly real. The global discourse on climate change has turned increasingly towards understanding vulnerability as a priority for research and policy.

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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

Mitigating the Impact of Covid and Conflict: Empowering & Securing Futures of Children Belonging to Pastoral Communities of Jammu and Kashmir

The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, now divided into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, has a significant tribal population, including Gujjars and Bakkarwals, who were recognized as Scheduled Tribes after the end of British Colonial rule and have since received affirmative action from the state.

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Theorising Race and Space in a Transnational Context

This paper argues that racism is a European invention instituted through the project of colonialism.

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International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

MCRG Logistical Spaces (5)

Representations of connectivity: The politics and economics of routes in the Asian context, namely the Silk Road.

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International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 

MCRG Logistical Spaces (6)

Interwoven realities: logistics and the reshaping of global governance - most propably in favour of China.

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MCRG Logistical Spaces (7)

Finance capital and infrastructure development: the Asian context in view of the new Act East Policy.

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