This study is the outcome of an in depth research engagement with 20 villages in two blocks of one district of Odisha.

On a hot summer’s day in 1982, while walking through a jungle path in Bankura, West Bengal, anthropologist Naraya

This report aims to provide an overview of innovative practices that increase the inclusion of internal migrants in the economic, social and political life of the country.

First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt has been made in this paper to compare the socioeconomic status of male- and female- headed households.