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Anuj Behal

@anuj__behal

He/Him, Independent Journalist, Urban Researcher |Bylines: Al Jazeera, Guardian, The Caravan, Wire, etc. For leads, feedback: [email protected]

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In continuation of fearless ground reporting, Anuj Behal's new article addresses how e-commerce in slum settlements in Delhi becomes a tool to claim their belonging to the city. Read full report here: thepolisproject.com/read/delhi-bas…

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Why are Delhi's slum dwellers turning to app-based online purchasing? Seems counterintuitive but the answer is heartbreaking: To secure a digital footprint and literal foothold in a city that is bulldozing and banishing them. Eye-opening piece as always by Anuj Behal for

Why are Delhi's slum dwellers turning to app-based online purchasing? Seems counterintuitive but the answer is heartbreaking: To secure a digital footprint and literal foothold in a city that is bulldozing and banishing them.  Eye-opening piece as always by <a href="/Anuj__Behal/">Anuj Behal</a> for
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“Our deliveries are coming to this address, to this lane, to this very jhuggi—so we are not living in thin air,” he said when asked whether he thinks the courts or the government would recognize this evidence. “This is proof that we were here and still are”.

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As relatives mourn loved ones lost in the Air India crash, stories are also emerging of daily-wage workers and street vendors who died when the plane slammed into a crowded hostel. My latest for The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

As relatives mourn loved ones lost in the Air India crash, stories are also emerging of daily-wage workers and street vendors who died when the plane slammed into a crowded hostel. My latest for <a href="/guardian/">The Guardian</a> 

theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
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“No one from our part of the city had ever gone to London.” For Pooja and Harshit’s family , the UK wasn’t just far—it was unimaginable. They were the first to dream that big. Now their parents wait to bring them home. 🔗 theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

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Where can India’s migrant working women stay in cities? Between collapsing infrastructure and vanishing budgets—govt hostels meant to support them are disappearing. Anuj Behal & suchak patel report: behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…

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This piece written by Anuj Behal highlights how number of working women’s hostels declining, funds underused, shows government data. behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num… #HotTake168: Perhaps it’s time to sway away from the concept of #Hostels and re-structure it around affordable housing

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In Ludhiana’s Janta Nagar area, cycle puller Subhash carries a mirror to check if his eyes are turning red from the heat and a packet of buttermilk he can drink to cool down. Scorching heat in India's bicycle capital grips migrant workers and even an early morning ride is a

In Ludhiana’s Janta Nagar area, cycle puller Subhash carries a mirror to check if his eyes are turning red from the heat and a packet of buttermilk he can drink to cool down. Scorching heat in India's bicycle capital grips migrant workers and even an early morning ride is a
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Working Women Hostels (WWH) - rarely in the news, almost never in public debate. Me and Anuj Behal write about it in BehanBox If WWH developed properly, This low-hanging fruit has the power to quietly reshape both society and the economy. 🔗behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…

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More women in India are migrating for work than ever before. But RTI data collected by us over the past year reveals that a key govt scheme for working women — launched in 1972 — is in decline: shrinking funds, underused budgets, fewer hostels. BehanBox: behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…

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"housing in Indian cities remains fundamentally exclusionary because it is primarily designed for families living in apartments, independent homes, or gated housing societies." So true.

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What does this week’s edition have? – Anuj Behal and suchak patel report on migrant women workers facing a housing crisis in Indian cities. – Arathi M R details how women in Kochi’s coastal areas create maps and data to combat tidal flooding.

What does this week’s edition have?
 – <a href="/Anuj__Behal/">Anuj Behal</a> and <a href="/suchak/">suchak patel</a> report on migrant women workers facing a housing crisis in Indian cities.
 – <a href="/ArathiMR1/">Arathi M R</a> details how women in Kochi’s coastal areas create maps and data to combat tidal flooding.
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#DataDrop | This week’s insight comes from one of our reports by Anuj Behal and suchak patel, which highlights how working women’s hostels are disappearing for migrant women workers at a national scale. behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…

#DataDrop | This week’s insight comes from one of our reports by <a href="/Anuj__Behal/">Anuj Behal</a> and <a href="/suchak/">suchak patel</a>, which highlights how working women’s hostels are disappearing for migrant women workers at a national scale.
behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…
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Since Rekha Gupta became Delhi CM, bulldozers have hit 23 settlements, displacing 15,000+ families. Despite claims of rehab before evictions, courts and officials remain ruthless and complicit. Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/society/delhi-…

Since Rekha Gupta became Delhi CM, bulldozers have hit 23 settlements, displacing 15,000+ families. Despite claims of rehab before evictions, courts and officials remain ruthless and complicit.

<a href="/frontline_india/">Frontline</a> 

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SPOTLIGHT | Under #BJP rule, demolition drive accelerates in #Delhi. Since the party returned to power, over 3,000 homes across 23 settlements have been demolished, displacing at least 15,000 people. Anuj Behal writes. frontline.thehindu.com/society/delhi-…