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Rs 20 deliveries, 15-hour days: The human cost of Delhi's gig work
February 09, 2026 2:20 pm
For many of India’s 1.2 cr platform workers, gig work offers flexibility, but no security. As more and more Indians enter the system, frictions are increasing, and demands for better regulation are growing louder.
The Indian gig economy is running on forced labour
January 16, 2026 6:15 pm
As India debates the future of work, the central question is not whether gig platforms are efficient, scalable, or profitable. It is whether technological innovation can be allowed to normalise constitutional violations
Two gig workers write: This is why those who Deepinder Goyal calls 'miscreants' go on strike
January 09, 2026 4:09 pm
Discontent also comes from the absolute lack of any managerial care towards riders. We bring our own vehicles and pay for their costs
Exploitation is built into gig work
January 09, 2026 7:10 am
The response to the strike showed that the urban middle class, which is the biggest beneficiary of their services, is unlikely to come out in support.
The gig economy is designed to fragment labour, absorb disruption and sustain extraction
January 05, 2026 1:15 pm
What platforms offer is not emancipatory visibility but a regime of operational visibility oriented entirely toward capital. Labour is tracked, timed, rated, and priced with unprecedented precision while remaining politically invisible and structurally voiceless
Gig workers’ strike raises a question: What’s the cost of convenience?
January 02, 2026 4:05 pm
When we put grocery items on par with an emergency service that we would expect to reach our doorstep quickly, we end up treating our convenience as an inalienable need
Rethinking speed: ‘10-Minute Delivery’ is more than a labour law problem
January 02, 2026 11:42 am
Labour regulation may mitigate harm in the short run, but it does not interrogate whether speed itself has become an illegitimate competitive variable
Nationwide gig workers’ strike sends a strong message to platform capitalists
December 31, 2025 5:01 pm
The insta-delivery model has made delivery workers’ livelihoods even more insecure. There is a dire need to focus on ensuring fair wages, transparent payment systems and reasonable working conditions
Human algorithm: OTP Please! reveals hidden emotions of our gig economy
December 11, 2025 3:41 pm
Through voices from across South Asia, OTP Please! uncovers how buyers, workers, sellers and platforms begin to mirror one another in unexpected ways.
How gig workers struggle between flexibility and insecurity
July 04, 2025 1:35 pm
Gig work is different from traditional employment relationships and so are the vulnerabilities it creates. But what are the challenges faced by gig workers in ensuring social security, minimum wages, and protection from exploitation?
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