The National Social Security Board Is a Start — But It Won’t Fix What’s Broken in India’s Gig Economy
Social security is necessary but insufficient — without algorithmic transparency and labour rights, gig work remains structurally precarious.
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Platform Economy
The Algorithm as Foreman: What Food Delivery Work Reveals About India’s Labour Future
Algorithmic management replicates the shop‑floor discipline of the factory — without the employer’s obligations.
India’s Gig Workers Deserve More Than Flexibility Theatre
Why the promise of flexibility in food delivery is a carefully staged performance — and what policy must do instead.
Political Economy
The Left Has No Excuse Anymore
India’s progressive intelligentsia has spent the last decade outsourcing its politics to parties that merely perform opposition. The May 2026 results were vi...
India Can’t Fix the Gig Economy with Social Security Alone
India may be moving toward social protection for gig workers, but welfare alone cannot fix a labour regime built on misclassification, opacity, and platform ...
The Labour Question in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are being framed as assistants and copilots, but they are better understood as part of a broader reorganisation of labour, ownership, and control.
Labour Studies
The Algorithm as Foreman: What Food Delivery Work Reveals About India’s Labour Future
Algorithmic management replicates the shop‑floor discipline of the factory — without the employer’s obligations.
India’s Gig Workers Deserve More Than Flexibility Theatre
Why the promise of flexibility in food delivery is a carefully staged performance — and what policy must do instead.
AI and Labour
Anthropic says AI hasn’t killed jobs yet. The data tells a more complicated story.
A new study from Anthropic finds no systematic unemployment from AI. But the fine print reveals something worrying about who’s being quietly shut out.
The Labour Question in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are being framed as assistants and copilots, but they are better understood as part of a broader reorganisation of labour, ownership, and control.
Policy
The National Social Security Board Is a Start — But It Won’t Fix What’s Broken in India’s Gig Economy
Social security is necessary but insufficient — without algorithmic transparency and labour rights, gig work remains structurally precarious.
Technology
The Labour Question in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are being framed as assistants and copilots, but they are better understood as part of a broader reorganisation of labour, ownership, and control.
Platform Labour
India Can’t Fix the Gig Economy with Social Security Alone
India may be moving toward social protection for gig workers, but welfare alone cannot fix a labour regime built on misclassification, opacity, and platform ...
Public Policy
India Can’t Fix the Gig Economy with Social Security Alone
India may be moving toward social protection for gig workers, but welfare alone cannot fix a labour regime built on misclassification, opacity, and platform ...
Indian Politics
The Left Has No Excuse Anymore
India’s progressive intelligentsia has spent the last decade outsourcing its politics to parties that merely perform opposition. The May 2026 results were vi...
Labour & Left Politics
The Left Has No Excuse Anymore
India’s progressive intelligentsia has spent the last decade outsourcing its politics to parties that merely perform opposition. The May 2026 results were vi...