How Adivasi Migrants Keep Ahmedabad’s Textile Boilers—And A Billion‑Dollar Indian Industry—Running

Field studies of Ahmedabad’s Narol industrial area document the hazardous lives of Adivasi migrant workers who operate the furnaces that power India’s textile processing houses. Working 12‑hour shifts in intense heat, with little safety oversight or social protection, they form the invisible foundation of a global supply chain worth millions.

30 Apr 2026        Bhargav Oza