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Simiran Lalvani
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5 May 2022
Blog post
Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New DelhiA report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
5 Feb 2020
Blog post
Roundtable on India’s Gig-work EconomyWorking in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every …
4 Dec 2019
Blog post
Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food DeliveryWorking in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every …