"As the ground is seldom tilled otherwise than by compulsion… the whole country is badly cultivated, and a great part …"

"No artisan can be expected to give his mind to his calling in the midst of a people who are either wretchedly poor, o…"

"…grandees pay for a work of art considerably under its value, and according to their own caprice. … When an Omrah or …"

"Notwithstanding the institution of castes, there is no country where men rise with more ease from the lowest rank to …"

"There are around 35,000 sanitation workers in Mumbai. Of these, some 28,000 are and 7,000 are hired on contract. Perm…"

"All of the contract workers employed by the are Dalits, who are migrants. [...] Several sanitation workers [...] are …"

"The situation in the Mughal Empire is summed up by W.H. Moreland like this: "...These instances appear to justify the…"

"The migrant worker distress has also exposed the inherent fractures of the “one nation” narrative that is one of the …"

"Barring examples from Kerala and , most host states have demonstrated disregard for migrant workers. It behoves the h…"

"The 40-day lockdown was further extended at a time of sporadic expressions of resistance and anger by migrant workers…"