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Samiran Batra, 15, travelled from Midnapore in search of a job. He landed in Chennai and worked there for a while in hotels, learning how to cook. Today, he oversees the preparation of the North Indian dishes you eat at Annapoorna (People’s Park). “Naan Samiran Batra paesaraenga. Neenga?” he asks in proper Kongu Tamizh. Migrants constitute a huge percentage of the city’s workforce. They work in the food, construction, manufacturing and beauty industries, …all drawn by the prospect of a better life. Employers also vouch for their hard work and ability to mingle with the local populace. Vivek Srinivasan, executive director, Sree Annapoorna Sree Gowrishankar, says their migrant staff is quick to grasp things. “There are people who joined as cleaners. Six months later, they are proficient cooks. They adapt very well.” His migrant staff is mostly drawn from Bihar, West Bengal, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.
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internal migrants, international migration, United Nations, employment, livelihood, seasonal migration, India
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