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The coronavirus pandemic has really brought into focus the problems of India’s internal migrants. After the 21 day lockdown was announced, we saw news coverage that showed thousands struggling to walk to their homes hundreds of kilometers away. Before this crisis unfolded, it seemed that these migrants had been practically invisible to most of us. And Chinmay Tumbe, a faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad, says that, for the most part, they have remained invisible to India’s policymaking. In this episode, Sandip talks to Chinmay about India’s internal migrants, the myths that surround them, how the government can better address their problems, the emerging trends in migration and his book, India Moving: A History of Migration.Transcript available here - https://bit.ly/3dV2oDs